"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles)
12/10/2014 at 10:13 • Filed to: planelopnik, glider, lightning, ohshit
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"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles)
12/10/2014 at 10:13 • Filed to: planelopnik, glider, lightning, ohshit | 2
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GoPro screen grab filmed during the Junior Gliding Pre-Worlds flown out of Narromine, Australia. While the fiberglass glider should provide protection form the electrical storm, it probably does little to reduce the pucker factor.
Racescort666
> Chris Clarke
12/10/2014 at 10:24 |
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"Exciting", lightning, and airplanes aren't really a great combination. Not one you want to be involved in anyway.
Jayhawk Jake
> Chris Clarke
12/10/2014 at 12:09 |
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I took a course on lightning strikes on airplanes. That fiberglass glider is probably screwed if it gets hit. The instructor gave us an example of a glider that was struck and it was completely obliterated: the pilot flew out of the glider as it fell apart around him. He deployed his chute and landed just fine, but my professional opinion would be to not fly anything deliberately into a lightning storm
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Chris Clarke
> Jayhawk Jake
12/10/2014 at 12:21 |
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Good advice.
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Jayhawk Jake
> Chris Clarke
12/10/2014 at 13:26 |
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I found the report
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.…
Some choice quotes:
flying at a speed of some 80 kt, the glider was struck by lightning and large sections of its airframe disintegrated.
[The instructor] was surprised when he realised that he had not had to jettison his cockpit canopy.
It's a long report, so I'll leave it to you to read, but it's one of the craziest incidents I've ever heard of, and a fantastic example of why airplanes and lightning don't mix.
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Chris Clarke
> Jayhawk Jake
12/10/2014 at 13:31 |
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Wow, unbelievable. I plan to read the entire thing soon.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Chris Clarke
12/11/2014 at 07:27 |
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"Ever have your asshole tighten so fast it whistles?"