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Earl,
I am not at all qualified to talk about lightning but I am very experienced. I have been flying for over 32 years east of the Mississippi. I have flown my O-320 for over 1,000 hours since I purchased it in 1998. I have no static wicks and no weather equipment. I ask the controllers to help me with the weather. I have flown (at night) so close to thunderstorms that the turbulence was so bad that I couldn't push the push to talk (PTT) button to communicate. A couple of months ago, in snow, I had my hair stand up from the static.
Thats my experience. I don't have a concern about our glass planes in bad weather. I have heard of lightning punching holes in metal airplanes. I have never heard of this problem in our glass planes except on this list and then it is only a concern not backed by data.
Show me someone qualified to talk about glass plane damage and not the power of a lightning bolt and I will be the first to listen. (Excuse me. I meant pay attention. I am always listening.)
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The 'lighting' subject pops up (pun intended) from time to time and I
marvel at how lightly it is treated. Over the years, I have attended
nearly all the lightning forums at Oshkosh which were given by very
qualified (in my opinion) presenters.
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Earl Schroeder
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Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, DynaComm, Corp.
248-345-0500, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.ws
LNC2, O-320-D1F, 1,000 hrs, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan
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