On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:03:51 -0700, Brian wrote:

It has an article
about a sailplane that was hit by lighting.


Fortunately, an aluminum aircraft forms a Faraday cage.

A Faraday cage blocks out external static electrical fields by directing
the charge around the outside of the fuselage. This is not to say that
damage can't occur to the electrical system because it's not a perfect
cage. Composite aircraft don't share this protection.


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Dallas