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Lori Rachul
Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH
(Phone: 216/433-8806)
RELEASE: 95-197
This was the first time that lightning tests have been
applied to an aircraft component in a wind tunnel in
combination with severe weather conditions. The tests in
NASA's IRT simulated the typical in-flight environmental
conditions that occur at the altitudes and temperatures
where most lightning strikes to airplanes have occurred.
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