Originally Posted by
ericferret
There exists a photograph of a Super Puma at Bergen that suffered a lightning strike to a main rotor blade. It blew a hole aft of the spar large enough for the chief engineer to put his head through it.
Wish I had kept a copy. This would have been circa 1995.
Not seen it but at a similar time we had one get struck flying back to Aberdeen. It was after GK and the crew prepared for the worst after the strike, only to find no effects and everything was smooth. After shutdown all four blades had holes the size of 20mm cannon shells!