Brian Whatcott wrote in
:

Not strictly comparable to boat strikes are airliner strikes. The
usual result of these is a pin hole or two going in and leaving the
skin. That's aluminum skin planes. Glass planes need more careful
design.....



Airplane strikes aren't the intensity of one that hits the MASSIVE electron
supply of Mother Earth. Ground strikes can make the top of a big broadcast
tower simply vaporize from the intense current supplied by the electrons in
the ground.

I don't think I've ever seen the results of a ground strike hitting an
airplane on the tarmac. That might prove more interesting.