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Old September 9th 20, 01:22 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Michael Opitz
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Default Virga, rain, cloudsuck - how close do you get?

At 11:09 09 September 2020, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 5:36:24 AM UTC+1, Mike Reid

wrote:
If you avoid flying in cloud or the rain directly under a thundercloud,
the chances of a lightning strike are small.

Mike

If you talk to Ken Sorenson, I think he might disagree. You can

dig up his report about getting hit at a USA Standard Class Nationals
in Moriarty a number of years ago. IIRC, he was well underneath
and in front of a cloud (in the clear) that didn't even have rain yet.

RO