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Old 23rd Feb 2006, 16:52
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TyroPicard
 
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Was struck on the bonce by a Lightning aileron once... luckily it was stationary at the time, but it made my eyes water, and improved my lookout.

In a later life I was struck on consecutive flights .. DC10 out of a Texas airport one evening, ruddy great flash, loud bang but everything still worked so we continued to Gatwick.
Three days later at 3000 ft. on a Gatwick SID it happened again - but this time a minibolt jumped several inches from the cockpit structure to the white-knuckle of my index finger. That and the loud bang made me assume the foetal position for several seconds, much to the amusement of the flight Engineer...
I try to keep well away from thunderstorms.....

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