St. Elmo's fire 'static charges' over France at 20,000 feet
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Uploaded by fly4fun on Oct 12, 2008
Heavy rain caused a build up of static electricity going into while on approach to Paris. This static is occasionally followed by some wild colors, known as St. Elmo's fire.
Wrote about this trip in my blog at: http://www.gadling.com/2008/10/14/cockpit-chronicles-st-elmos-fire-falcons-an...
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That is why that is one of the best job's in the world..
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completely agree with you :)
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@huracan200173 Those ARE electrical discharges, not Elmos fire. St Elmos fire itself is plasma, but it's caused by electricity.
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Jeez if St. Elmo's fire dosent mess with the planes electronics hows a cell phone going to.
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@MynameisElliott ahahahahah, that makes me want to buy too :D
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Chuck Norris was piloting the plane...
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Where can I buy this St. Elmo's Fire?
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@fly4fun Lightning is plasma...electricity is plasma....you're right, the guy above is just a halfwit :)
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@fly4fun Fire, and lighting are both Plasma...So you're right to start with, the dude above is a halfwit.
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@tomibewi Not quite. Their St Elmos fire was similar, but they encountered it in an ash cloud. As this fine ash was sucked into the engines it quickly became more of a molten goo, sticking into the workings of the engine. Once the crew got the aircraft out of the ash, this molten substance hardened and simply fell out of the engines. This is why they could restart and land safely.
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If you listen closely you can hear Scotty in the engine room screaming, "THE SHIELDS CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE OF THIS CAPTAIN!"
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Go hard, Kid. Best of luck! :)
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Those are not electrical discharges, that is called St. Elmos Fire, and it's a plasma. Search it on wikipedia.
huracan200173 1 year ago
@huracan200173 Yeah, that was the subject of a little debate. The original title was, in fact St. Elmos fire. Then others convinced me that to be fully St. Elmos Fire, it had to expand to the glowing ball of light stage as described in Wikipedia.
So I can't win. Just call it what you want.
But pilots usually refer to it as St. Elmos Fire, yes.
fly4fun 1 year ago 10