Composites and Lightning Strikes
In the early to mid 90s I was doing air to air videos for kitplane manufacturers. Glassair in Arlington, WA was one of our clients.
There was great concern over the effects of lightning strikes on composite airframes. When hit by lightning, they often exploded.
The solution was to incorporate a wire mesh into the composite layers.
Glassair was also doing contract research for Boeing at the time.