Aircraft Lightning Protection Market size valued at USD 3.09 billion in 2019 and will grow at a CAGR of 3.1% from 2020 to 2026. Favorable trends associated with the tourism sector will propel the ...

The moment a cloud-to-ground lightning bolt struck an aircraft at low altitude. Notice that the lightning bolt entered the aircraft near the forward part of the fuselage and exited near the tail.

SO WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THAT PLANE NOW? WELL, ANTOINETTE AT THIS HOUR, THE AIRCRAFT IS OUT OF SERVICE AND UNDERGOING AN INSPECTION AS IS PROTOCOL IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT ...

In the 1980s, I worked as an avionics supervisor at Hayes International Aircraft Corp. in Birmingham, Ala. A Boeing KC-135 test pilot on return from a test flight told me in a debriefing that they had ...

It has been a while since we covered the restorations of these two significant airframes ( originall there were three aircraft being restored), but thanks to our good friend John Parker from ...

While Nimitz– and Ford-class aircraft carriers are the largest warships ever built, a Lightning Carrier can be comprised of a Wasp-class LHD assault ship, transporting twenty-six F-35Bs. This number ...

A Friday morning Hurricane Hunter mission over the Gulf of Mexico to survey Tropical Depression 22 was cut short after lightning struck the aircraft. It happened somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico as ...