by Allen | Aug 27, 2010 | Lightning Protection |
Take a look at this National Geographic episode with high speed video of lightning...
by Allen | Aug 24, 2010 | Lightning Protection |
The group ArcAttack makes music without speakers…they vibrate the air with high voltage sparks generated by large tesla coils. Take a look at the YouTube...
by Allen | Aug 22, 2010 | Lightning Protection |
CNN interviews Minnesota woman whose car was struck by lightning. The lightning strike burned the car’s antenna, shattered the rear window, and blew out a tire. See the...
by Allen | Aug 20, 2010 | Lightning Protection |
A St. Louis area National Weather Service radar site was damaged by a lightning strike. They should have used WXGuard…
by Allen | Aug 19, 2010 | Lightning Protection |
There is a website providing free real-time lightning strike location information on a map display. Check it out at: http://www.strikestarus.com/
by Allen | Aug 18, 2010 | Lightning Protection |
Former American Airlines pilot Jim Tilmon talks about the likely causes of the Colombian 737...
by Allen | Aug 17, 2010 | Lightning Protection |
Interesting article in the Ottawa Citizen about lightning strikes to aircraft. The article states “Lightning…..is a constant threat to passenger jets.” Lightning is a threat, just like rain, hail, and birds. However, thousands of engineers spend countless hours designing and testing aircraft to withstand the effects of lightning. And, this is the important point, THE LIGHTNING SAFETY OF AIRCRAFT HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER. Even as aircraft use more electronic systems and transition away from aluminum to carbon fiber (Boeing 787, Learjet 85, Hawker Beechcraft Premier and Horizon), lightning strikes rarely affects aircraft. In many cases the passengers don’t even know the aircraft has been...
by Allen | Aug 16, 2010 | Lightning Protection |
A Boeing 737 crashed early this morning in Colombia and the Associated Press is reporting that the plane was hit by lightning.
by Allen | Aug 15, 2010 | Lightning Protection |
Check out this great cockpit video of an aircraft being struck by lightning...
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