Originally Posted by
SFIM
I don’t know where TL came from, but I come from the “have a go” generation, it seems a shame to me that this has gone, these days I fly in Africa, and we sometimes delay flights for weather but we have never lost a day…and nobody knows what TL is 🤣
Maybe talk to the crew of G-TIGK! The fact that you are talking about TL and Africa suggests you don’t know much about lightning. It is generated around the zero degree level, so by definition it has already been triggered naturally around 15,000 ft in Africa and you just observe it, but cannot be the trigger.
https://www.skybrary.aero/articles/helicopter-triggered-lightning-strikes