Flying through the air carries its own risks, but what happens when lightning strikes an airplane in that's in the air?

If you're a nervous flyer who's worried about lightning hitting your airplane, there's a major unexpected reason why you have nothing to stress about.

An airplane flying between oppositely charged regions can trigger lightning within a cloud, from cloud to cloud, or from cloud to ground. Chris Cosner Every airliner is struck by lightning in ...

The repair that ultimately resulted in the creation of the Franken-Lightning took two years and five months to complete and ...

Well, it’s just another day in the sky for pilots. Commercial aircraft get zapped by lightning once or twice a year, but passengers rarely notice when it happens. Modern aircraft are designed to ...

The single-engine, single-seat F-35 will be manufactured in three versions: a conventional-takeoff-and-landing (CTOL) variant for the U.S. Air Force, an aircraft-carrier version (CV) for the U.S ...

The F-35C Lightning II is the U.S. Navy’s first ... making it suitable for catapult launches and fly-in arrestments aboard naval aircraft carriers. Its wingtips fold to allow for more room ...

Pilots operating F-35B Lightning aircraft will aim to declare full operating capability while working alongside HMS Prince of Wales. They will join the 65,000 tonne aircraft carrier when she sets ...

Vintage aircraft from World War II also made appearances ... NATHANIEL LEVINE [email protected] A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II prepares to demonstrate its short takeoff capability ...