Slasher: True the 737 seems to always get hit just below the sliding window .. BUT that's just the tip of the (damage) ice-berg.. for all those that think just because they have weather radar Airliners don't get hit by lightning often.. we had a 737-400 getting hit 2 times in a week grounding the a/C for more than a day each (well that was really bad luck).. both times the first look just showed burn marks below the sliding window but a closer look revealed several burned through holes in the lower fuselage just aft of the forward cargo door farme going further back towards the tail fin .. the lighning finaly went out of the airplane taking the tail fin static discharger aswell as a 2 x 2 inch big pice of the tail fin end cap. But that's just the easy to see things .. if you have a look at an airplanes upper fuselage section (crown area) during C or D checks you'll notice a lot of strike hits that just go unseen ...
Phil (DW6)