If you're a nervous flyer who's worried about lightning hitting your airplane, there's a major unexpected reason why you have ...

In March 2024, a pilot went viral for sharing his cockpit view of a storm, where among flashes of lightning, a striking pink and purple beam was seen shooting upwards towards the ionosphere.

The "lightning crouch" is a position previously thought to reduce the risk of lightning strikes but is no longer recommended by experts. The National Weather Service and the National Lightning ...

Lightning Attaches to entry and exit points ... Increased use of fly-by-wire technology for transmitting cockpit commands to flight control surfaces demands additional shielding and requires ...

The F-35B Lightning II is the Marine Corps variant ... The F-35B has a Lift Fan just behind the cockpit and an engine that can swivel 90 degrees when in short takeoff/vertical landing mode.