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A NOTE ON LIGHTNING STRIKES TO AIRCRAFT

William E. Cobb, F. J. Holitza

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A DC-6 research aircraft was struck by lightning on three occasions during a thunderstorm research project a t Flagstaff, Aria., in July 1967.Electric fields and meteorological parameters were measured and recorded.Similar conditions existed a t the time of the lightning strikes.Each event occurred in a dissipating cumulonimbus, near the freezing level and in a region containing both ice and water.Corona discharge from the aircraft occurred prior to each strike.The possibility exists that one or more of the lightning strikes were triggered by the aircraft.

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A DC-6 research aircraft was struck by lightning on three occasions during a thunderstorm research project a t Flagstaff, Aria., in July 1967.Electric fields and meteorological parameters were measured and recorded.Similar conditions existed a t the time of the lightning strikes.Each event occurred in a dissipating cumulonimbus, near the freezing level and in a region containing both ice and water.Corona discharge from the aircraft occurred prior to each strike.The possibility exists that one or more of the lightning strikes were triggered by the aircraft.

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A DC-6 research aircraft was struck by lightning on three occasions during a thunderstorm research project a t Flagstaff, Aria., in July 1967.Electric fields and meteorological parameters were measured and recorded.Similar conditions existed a t the time of the lightning strikes.Each event occurred in a dissipating cumulonimbus, near the freezing level and in a region containing both ice and water.Corona discharge from the aircraft occurred prior to each strike.The possibility exists that one or more of the lightning strikes were triggered by the aircraft.

Key concepts: Thunderstorm, Lightning strike, Lightning (connector), Meteorology, Upper-atmospheric lightning, Environmental science, Geology, Atmospheric sciences

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