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Re: Lighning Strike

Subject: Re: Lighning Strike
From: Nigel Charles <72016.3721@compuserve.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 13:53:08
Message text written by Graham Singleton
>The only answer seems to be keep well away from large cu nims. The glider 
that exploded had been circling in thermals under that type of cloud.<

I agree. The further away the better. I had a lightning strike which put an
8" diameter hole in the nose cone of a C130 when I was 5 miles away from
the cloud in question!!

Nigel Charles


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