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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 -- Dan Marotta |
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