Sferics devices (e.g., Stormscope) remain valuable by providing real-time, immediate detection of both cloud-to-ground and intracloud lightning with a rapid refresh rate, serving as a critical ...

Aircraft Lightning Protection Market size valued at USD 3.09 billion in 2019 and will grow at a CAGR of 3.1% from 2020 to 2026. Favorable trends associated with the tourism sector will propel the ...

Vol. 100, No. 8, ANGLE of APPROACH: ACTIVATE's Strategies for Airborne Cloud and Aerosol Study (August 2019), pp. 1443-1452 (10 pages) Did you know that aircraft can cause lightning? Researchers began ...

The moment a cloud-to-ground lightning bolt struck an aircraft at low altitude. Notice that the lightning bolt entered the aircraft near the forward part of the fuselage and exited near the tail.

The F-35 Lightning II is perhaps the best example of the indomitable human spirit. Regarded as the most advanced fighter jet to date, this aircraft is truly one of the pinnacle weapons of any military ...

While Nimitz– and Ford-class aircraft carriers are the largest warships ever built, a Lightning Carrier can be comprised of a Wasp-class LHD assault ship, transporting twenty-six F-35Bs. This number ...

SO WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THAT PLANE NOW? WELL, ANTOINETTE AT THIS HOUR, THE AIRCRAFT IS OUT OF SERVICE AND UNDERGOING AN INSPECTION AS IS PROTOCOL IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT ...

It has been a while since we covered the restorations of these two significant airframes ( originall there were three aircraft being restored), but thanks to our good friend John Parker from ...

The three Royal Navy F-35Bs will be put through an extensive inspection of airframe and substructure for any corrosive damage, following which those parts ...

CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. (WBAY) - Fighter jets will be zooming and sonic-booming over Northeast Wisconsin as the state hosts a two-week military exercise. Northern Lightning brings Air Force, National Guard ...

“As the nominated Q1, the first to go in the event of a scramble, the other pilot, despite looking as bleary-eyed as I felt, ran with admirable élan out to his aircraft.” The iconic English Electric ...

A Friday morning Hurricane Hunter mission over the Gulf of Mexico to survey Tropical Depression 22 was cut short after lightning struck the aircraft. It happened somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico as ...