on 10/6/02 6:21 AM, FireBrick at w9ol@billnjudy.com wrote:
> But you may find this interesting. You'll notice the water tower in the
> background isn't hit.
>
> http://lightning.pwr.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lrg/temp/plane.html
Amazing! I wonder how many times a year planes get hit and I wonder what it
does to the avionics. I know on a sailboat it can do all sorts of bad
things to the instruments. I wonder on a plane, how the lightning gets
dissipated. Maybe it acts strictly like a conductor since there was also a
discharge to ground.
As for the water tower, I guess it must have been very well grounded. I
guess it proves that good protection will help to prevent a strike from even
hitting you!
73,
Jon
NA9D
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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
Life Member: ARRL, NRA
Member: AMSAT, DXCC
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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