Originally Posted by
chemical alli
it still amazes me other than a lightning strike say on take off and landing how is it with all the weather radar and raim that you fly boys still fly through cells with massive amounts of static. do you like the light show,because we greasers hate the inspections,last ls insp 30 burnt rivets,one t/r cowl trashed and multiple repeat inspections
Most lightning strikes occur when the plane is near the freezing level, which means on climbout or descent, where there are fewer options for avoidance.
My flight instructor, who flew transports in WWII and the Berlin Airlift, said they used to fly toward the lightning at night, because that was between the clouds...
GB