Airliner Hit By Lightning
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holy shit !
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Yeah that would scare the crap out of you
and kiss your ass goodbye
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Originally posted by mdcq
THERES....SOMETHING ON THE WING.....SOME...THING....ON THE...WING
I think it's called F I R E !!!!
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Quick, someone show me how to resize that to a button-sized image. That would kick ASS as my sig!Comment
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Originally posted by Tala
Quick, someone show me how to resize that to a button-sized image. That would kick ASS as my sig!
Now that's a good idea
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yes, and I thought of it first! I feel so proud of myself.Originally posted by ModelBuffet
Now that's a good idea
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That is a wild view.
It's not grounded though, and made for energy to fly around the outside...so it works out. But it's still scary having that many volts shoot through like that...haha.
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Originally posted by Tala
yes, and I thought of it first! I feel so proud of myself.
I predict 1 hour before it is being used as a sig..
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so people inside the plane aren't affected at all?Originally posted by fudpuck
That is a wild view.
It's not grounded though, and made for energy to fly around the outside...so it works out. But it's still scary having that many volts shoot through like that...haha.
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Dammit, someone teach me how to resize the fucker! I want it!!Originally posted by ModelBuffet
I predict 1 hour before it is being used as a sig..
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Originally posted by FlyingIguana
so people inside the plane aren't affected at all?
looks damn nasty
Not besides the pile of crap they are all sitting on now
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First you say it; then you do it.Originally posted by ModelBuffet
Not besides the pile of crap they are all sitting on now
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So how do I resize the original...*blink*Originally posted by mdcq
Finally figured out what it was that shatner saw....
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There's somethingo n the wing....there's...JUICY...ON THE WING!Comment
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I used flash to just grab the important part of the original gif and exported it as a gif.Originally posted by Tala
So how do I resize the original...*blink*
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There's somethingo n the wing....there's...JUICY...ON THE WING!Comment
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I don't have any idea about the capabilities of Flash. I haven't gone that far yet.
Mind if I snag your copy? I want it in my sig, and I said it first.
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ouch that can't be a good thing...
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One hour...you underestimate me!Originally posted by ModelBuffet
I predict 1 hour before it is being used as a sig..
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Go for it.Originally posted by Tala
I don't have any idea about the capabilities of Flash. I haven't gone that far yet.
Mind if I snag your copy? I want it in my sig, and I said it first.
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Whoohoo!! Thank you!Originally posted by mdcq
Go for it.
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It does catch your eye pretty good. makes a nice sig.Originally posted by Tala
Whoohoo!! Thank you!
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That's what I thought, too. Thanks for letting me use your gif.Originally posted by mdcq
It does catch your eye pretty good. makes a nice sig.
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No problem, glad to do it. thanks for coming up with the idea..might have to throw some text on it in a bit.Originally posted by Tala
That's what I thought, too. Thanks for letting me use your gif.
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The last confirmed civilian plane crash that was directly attributed to lightning in the U.S. was in 1967, when lightning caused a catastrophic fuel tank explosion. Since then, much has been learned about how lightning can affect airplanes, and protection techniques have improved. Airplanes receive a rigorous set of lightning certification tests to verify the safety of their designs.
What happens when an aircraft is struck by lightning?
Although passengers and crew may see a flash and hear a loud noise, nothing serious should happen because of the careful lightning protection engineered into the aircraft and its sensitive components. Initially, the lightning will attach to an extremity, such as the nose or wing tip. The airplane then flies through the lightning flash, which reattaches itself to the fuselage at other locations while the airplane is in the electric "circuit" between the regions of opposite polarity. The current will travel through the conductive exterior skin and structures of the aircraft and exit off some other extremity, such as the tail. Pilots occasionally report temporary flickering of lights or short-lived interference with instruments. We have heard reports of the activation of cabin oxygen masks; no doubt frightening for the passengers.
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ok, lets get to the important things, will my drink spill?Originally posted by KRosh
The last confirmed civilian plane crash that was directly attributed to lightning in the U.S. was in 1967, when lightning caused a catastrophic fuel tank explosion. Since then, much has been learned about how lightning can affect airplanes, and protection techniques have improved. Airplanes receive a rigorous set of lightning certification tests to verify the safety of their designs.
What happens when an aircraft is struck by lightning?
Although passengers and crew may see a flash and hear a loud noise, nothing serious should happen because of the careful lightning protection engineered into the aircraft and its sensitive components. Initially, the lightning will attach to an extremity, such as the nose or wing tip. The airplane then flies through the lightning flash, which reattaches itself to the fuselage at other locations while the airplane is in the electric "circuit" between the regions of opposite polarity. The current will travel through the conductive exterior skin and structures of the aircraft and exit off some other extremity, such as the tail. Pilots occasionally report temporary flickering of lights or short-lived interference with instruments. We have heard reports of the activation of cabin oxygen masks; no doubt frightening for the passengers.
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Exactly. Looks a lot worse than it is.Originally posted by KRosh
What happens when an aircraft is struck by lightning?
Although passengers and crew may see a flash and hear a loud noise, nothing serious should happen because of the careful lightning protection engineered into the aircraft and its sensitive components. Initially, the lightning will attach to an extremity, such as the nose or wing tip. The airplane then flies through the lightning flash, which reattaches itself to the fuselage at other locations while the airplane is in the electric "circuit" between the regions of opposite polarity. The current will travel through the conductive exterior skin and structures of the aircraft and exit off some other extremity, such as the tail. Pilots occasionally report temporary flickering of lights or short-lived interference with instruments. We have heard reports of the activation of cabin oxygen masks; no doubt frightening for the passengers.Beat it. Nothing to see here.Comment
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I've been in a plane that was struck by lightening... Nothing happened at all except a loud boom that scared the shit out of everyone on the plane.
I was scheduled to take the same plane on my next leg as well.. They inspected the plane for over an hour and eventually cleared it to fly. We climbed back on the same plane and flew safely to our destination.
The boom that you hear is seriously loud enough to make you crap right in your pants.Comment
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Well done grasshopperOriginally posted by mdcq
One hour...you underestimate me!
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took a few minutes to add JUICY CASH to it. but now its just what i wanted.Originally posted by ModelBuffet
Well done grasshopper
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Damn, that's scary!
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Originally posted by mdcq
THERES....SOMETHING ON THE WING.....SOME...THING....ON THE...WING
(sig spot) Insert witty/smartass comment or obscure reference to something no one gives a shit about here. You might also choose to promote some program you claim to work for and that pays you fat cash, or cheddar, or whatever it is you wiggers call it these days.Comment
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Originally posted by KRosh
The last confirmed civilian plane crash that was directly attributed to lightning in the U.S. was in 1967, when lightning caused a catastrophic fuel tank explosion. Since then, much has been learned about how lightning can affect airplanes, and protection techniques have improved. Airplanes receive a rigorous set of lightning certification tests to verify the safety of their designs.
What happens when an aircraft is struck by lightning?
Although passengers and crew may see a flash and hear a loud noise, nothing serious should happen because of the careful lightning protection engineered into the aircraft and its sensitive components. Initially, the lightning will attach to an extremity, such as the nose or wing tip. The airplane then flies through the lightning flash, which reattaches itself to the fuselage at other locations while the airplane is in the electric "circuit" between the regions of opposite polarity. The current will travel through the conductive exterior skin and structures of the aircraft and exit off some other extremity, such as the tail. Pilots occasionally report temporary flickering of lights or short-lived interference with instruments. We have heard reports of the activation of cabin oxygen masks; no doubt frightening for the passengers.
I have been about 100 feet from a lightening strike on the ground and it sounded llike a bomb going off.
Maybe it is not so bad in a plane because it isn't really going to ground but just looking for a path to ground and so leaves the plane and continues downward.Comment







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