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For what it's worth, I'm forwarding this to the LML.
Dan Schaefer
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From: GatesJH@aol.com <GatesJH@aol.com>
To: editorial@eaa.org <editorial@eaa.org>; lynda@lancair.net
<lynda@lancair.net>; Michael.Holland@halliburton.com
<Michael.Holland@halliburton.com>; bj358@lafn.org <bj358@lafn.org>;
dfs@gateway.net <dfs@gateway.net>; mc.tennant@aopa.org
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<jim.wapelhorst@weyerhaeuser.com>
Cc: GatesJH@aol.com <GatesJH@aol.com>
Date: Monday, December 20, 1999 8:09 AM
Subject: Composite airplanes & Lightning
>from AvWeb 12/20/99:
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>LIGHTNING TURNS BRITISH "GLIDER" INTO "FALLER"...
>If you've ever had a close call with a building thunderstorm, the just-
>completed British aviation authority report of a lightning strike to a
>Schleicher ASK-21 glider makes for interesting reading. On April 17,
>1999, the ASK-21 launched with an instructor and student from a strip in
>the United Kingdom as bad weather approached. The instructor flew into
>a clear area close along the front edge of the cloud ...; as he turned
>the glider away to make his return to the field, the glider was struck
>by what authorities call a "massive" bolt of lightning. A large BANG
>that could be heard in a nearby town was followed by sections of the
>glider's airframe simply disintegrating.
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>
>..PROVING YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH MOTHER NATURE
>The instructor told investigators he was knocked out, and when he awoke,
>realized he had a "real emergency requiring unpleasant and decisive
>action." Luckily, both student and pilot were able to bail out,
>suffering non-life-threatening injuries in the jump to safety. Though
>the bulk of the glider was made of non-conductive glass reinforced
>plastic, bonded joints failed, wing skin shattered, and the glider
>suffered other damage before falling in a heap to the ground. Just more
>proof of why it's not nice to fool with Mother Nature.
>
> NOTE: AVweb's Newswire contains more details and a link to the full
> accident report.
>
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