In Flight Emergency

Excellent report. What does 'feeling very draughty' mean? Is that a
British idiom? Or does it simply mean he felt a draft?

Would someone please explain to me how only the aileron control system,
and not the adjacent air brake system, being damaged by the lightening
strike indicates that it was a positive discharge? Why was only one
system damaged? Why not both? Why one vs. the other?

I'm only half way through the report but have to leave to fly the tug.
I'll finish this evening.

So far, I think the apparent magnetic deformation of the aileron control
rod indicates a current level not attainable by a negative strike, hence
the assumption of a positive strike. I'm still contemplating why only
the aileron system was damaged. Perhaps because it extended further
into the wing (closer to the tip) and so took the full current,
bypassing the air brake.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...

On 3/18/2015 2:51 AM, Justin Craig wrote:
At 16:55 17 March 2015, Dan Marotta wrote:
Yes, and I wear a chute when I fly my glider, but not when I'm giving
rides in a Grob, Blanik, 2-33, or Lark. Neither do I wear a parachute
when flying the tug and I've had four engine failures while flying tow
planes, in none of which would I have considered bailing out.

Does Poland really require parachutes in gliders? Are passengers with
no training required to wear a parachute?
*** I wonder about the outcome if
one of them should attempt to jump****
You could ask this chap? I suspect he was rather grateful to be wearing a
chute!

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...pdf_500699.pdf




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Dan Marotta