Return-Path: Received: from [24.50.193.34] (account ) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.0b1) with HTTP id 1254009 for ; Sat, 01 Jun 2002 23:37:14 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Lightning strikes in glass To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro Web Mailer v.4.0b1 Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 23:37:14 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <051f01c209f1$37db9160$cff21942@gt.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "Greg Nelson" : Bob: Notice in the photographs sent earlier that steel chains anchor the Glasair to the ramp thus providing a dense grounding pathway for lightning strike. Such a well-defined pathway doesn't exist for an aircraft in flight---or does it? I'm not an engineer but I'd sure like to hear more about this from those of you out there who are engineers. It is my guess that a flying glass airplane is more of a "target of opportunity" than it is a target for lightening, i.e.., if you happen to be in the pathway, it may drill you but otherwise lightening shouldn't recognize that you are simply nearby. Greg Nelson, LNC2 [ put all 5 images with less compression in Marv's attachment section, http://www.Lancair.net/archives/ -Rob ]