http://www.gadling.com/2008/08/25/video-of-747-struck-by-lightning/?icid=2001003...

Pretty impressive if it's not faked.

(you can never tell, these days - I thought a B737 water ditching was real til
it was pointed out on here that it wasn't ...)

Snapper wrote:

Three attempts and still not down. God must be getting pretty peeved
about how his terror weapon is so ineffective these days.

It's similar in appearance to this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=036hpBvjoQw

If they're faked, I don't really see the point, given that we know that
lightening does strike aircraft, and that they're designed to survive it.

Sylvia.

Sylvia Else wrote in news:g9fgp9$btn$1
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They are all the same strike

On Sep 1, 10:07 am, Peter Fanelli wrote:

Hi peter I think you may find one is of a Jap aircraft and the later
one of a QF aircraft
Cheers

"Snapper" y7mail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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What would the effect have been had it been struck while still on the
ground?

cheers

"Nick O'Tyme" msn.com> wrote in message
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If strikes to cars are any guide, probably a few burst tyres - certainly
all the tyres would be electrically stressed and should be replaced.

"Dave Kearton" ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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"John Ewing" wrote in message
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I'm sure they suffer 'bite marks' on a regular basis - even without
lightning.

A lightning strike to a plane would be particularly hazardous after I'd been
quietly pumping methane into the seat cushion for 7 hours.

Nick O'Tyme wrote:

Makes me wonder whether an aircraft is attached to the airbridge by a
earth wire while at a gate.

(I was going to use the term "grounded", but what with the media....)

Sylvia.

Pits gmail.com> wrote in news:aa3b6c4b-5027-40f9-9462-
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