Just peering out of my window from up in the gods at the approaching
storm and just saw an inbound BA plane to Heathrow get hit by
lightning - that would have been an experience for those on board !

Richard

On Jun 10, 11:44*am, Richard Dixon wrote:
Just peering out of my window from up in the gods at the approaching
storm and just saw an inbound BA plane to Heathrow get hit by
lightning - that would have been an experience for those on board !

Richard

Would they have even noticed it? Faraday cage effect and all that?

Dawlish wrote:
On Jun 10, 11:44 am, Richard Dixon wrote:
Just peering out of my window from up in the gods at the approaching
storm and just saw an inbound BA plane to Heathrow get hit by
lightning - that would have been an experience for those on board !

Richard

Would they have even noticed it? Faraday cage effect and all that?

http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae568.cfm


One strike per year per plane they say!

L

On Jun 10, 1:18*pm, Dawlish wrote:
On Jun 10, 11:44*am, Richard Dixon wrote:

Just peering out of my window from up in the gods at the approaching
storm and just saw an inbound BA plane to Heathrow get hit by
lightning - that would have been an experience for those on board !

Richard

Would they have even noticed it?

Lightning is known for being quite bright, apparently....

Richard

"Richard Dixon" wrote in message
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On Jun 10, 1:18 pm, Dawlish wrote:
On Jun 10, 11:44 am, Richard Dixon wrote:

Just peering out of my window from up in the gods at the approaching
storm and just saw an inbound BA plane to Heathrow get hit by
lightning - that would have been an experience for those on board !

Richard

Would they have even noticed it?

Lightning is known for being quite bright, apparently....

Richard
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What was that? Oh **** have we been hit by lightning? :-)

Will
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On Jun 10, 4:21*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:

Lightning is known for being quite bright, apparently....

Richard
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What was that? Oh **** have we been hit by lightning? :-)

Will

I could imagine that the crack of thunder would probably be audible
over the engines, too. Actually - given that the plane was still
probably going 200+ mph on its descent I'm assuming the sound would
drop off slightly slower?

Richard

On Jun 10, 5:04*pm, Richard Dixon wrote:
On Jun 10, 4:21*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:

Lightning is known for being quite bright, apparently....

Richard
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What was that? Oh **** have we been hit by lightning? :-)

Will

I could imagine that the crack of thunder would probably be audible
over the engines, too. Actually - given that the plane was still
probably going 200+ mph on its descent I'm assuming the sound would
drop off slightly slower?

Richard

Some may see a bang, or a flash, some don't; is the implication of
this.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...s-when-lightni

On Jun 10, 5:16*pm, Dawlish wrote:

Some may see a bang, or a flash, some don't; is the implication of
this.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...appens-when-li....

Oh for heavens' sake. Still going to lengths to argue the toss as ever
- even on the rare times I do look in and post in here.

It's a bolt of lightning, it's very bright, you're probably going to
see it, unless the window blinds are down.

Over and out,
Richard

"Richard Dixon" wrote in message
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On Jun 10, 5:16 pm, Dawlish wrote:

Some may see a bang, or a flash, some don't; is the implication of
this.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...appens-when-li...

Oh for heavens' sake. Still going to lengths to argue the toss as ever
- even on the rare times I do look in and post in here.

It's a bolt of lightning, it's very bright, you're probably going to
see it, unless the window blinds are down.

Over and out,
Richard
===============

We get used to it Richard :-)
Nice to hear from you!

Will
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On Jun 10, 5:24*pm, Richard Dixon wrote:
On Jun 10, 5:16*pm, Dawlish wrote:

Some may see a bang, or a flash, some don't; is the implication of
this.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...appens-when-li....

Oh for heavens' sake. Still going to lengths to argue the toss as ever
- even on the rare times I do look in and post in here.

It's a bolt of lightning, it's very bright, you're probably going to
see it, unless the window blinds are down.

Over and out,
Richard

??? You introduced the topic. I contributed. You get annoyed from
nowhere, when your view is not accepted outright; same as always. I
don't really understand you Richerd. There's no need to repeat the
same aggressive behaviour ad infinitum and I can assure you there is
nothing similar from me. Nothing's happened. It was just discussion
about something interesting and I appreciated your commenting. I
wouldn't have commented if it didn't spark (heh, heh) an interest. If
no-one "argued the toss", what a dull group this would be, wouldn't
it? It's worth talking about the faraday cage effect and the more I
look into it, it's apparent that some strikes are noticed and some
aren't. It may well be due to where on its fuselage the aircraft is
struck, as to how much the strike is noticed. I had no idea, until I
started to look into it, so your post has ignited (heh, heh) some
learning for me and I'm actually grateful for that. *))

Some strikes have been deadly in the past, but the last crash of a
major airliner was over 40 years ago and aircraft design has improved
a great deal since then.