*** PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, AVweb asked if your aircraft had ever been on the receiving end of a lightning strike.
Most of you (65% of respondents) said no, you’d never been the victim of a lightning strike – and you fly a metal airplane. Another 4% of you (who fly composite aircraft) said you hadn’t been stricken either. Counting the 8% of you who chose our somewhat cheeky answer (Does St. Elmo’s Fire count?), that’s 77% of AVweb respondent who have not been stricken by lightning.
One the other hand, 15% of you (flying mostly metal aircraft) have been stricken by lighting – and another 9% were stricken while flying an airliner.
One single reader told us he (or she) had been hit while flying a mostly composite aircraft.
*** THIS WEEK’S QUESTION ***
Mid-airs – they’ve multiplied over the past few days. How concerned are you that you’ll be struck from the sky by another aircraft?
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AVweb’s Question of the Week
Key Takeaways:
- A recent AVweb poll on lightning strikes revealed that 77% of pilots have never been hit, while 24% reported experiencing a strike, mostly in metal aircraft or airliners.
- The current AVweb poll asks pilots about their level of concern regarding mid-air collisions, noting a recent increase in these incidents.
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