Originally Posted by
SFIM
... I come from the “have a go” generation ... ...
Sometimes that means the "Before we knew what we were doing generation."?
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I have been following the triggered lightning story because it affects availability for SAR training flights. The G-TIGK story already mentioned raised the conductivity issue and that has been mentioned by a number of people. The idea is that the changes in materials over the years has made susceptibility to TL damage worse because it affects the flow of an electrical charge around the airframe or can result in explosive vapourisation of materials. So those who say that 'we never had that in my day' may indeed be correct.