“It has always been amazing to me that thunderstorms can generate high ... a former Cold War U2 spy plane, which flies well above most storms. Its speed and altitude made it ideal for targeting ...

The scientific aircraft, based the American U-2 spy plane ... inside thunderstorms is one of the greatest mysteries in the atmospheric sciences," Dwyer said. "It is amazing that, more than ...

as planes have in-built protection against electricity and can fly unscathed through thunderstorms. “Interestingly, planes get hit by lightning very often, and are most likely to be struck ...