Re: without wires?

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Original poster: "Chris Swinson" <tesla-at-cps-electronics.co.uk> 


 >
 > There are plenty of radar systems mounted on balloons operating up to
 > more than 20,00 feet and connected to the ground by both tether cables
 > and leads to bring power up.  No significant currents have been observed
 > due to any atmospheric phenonemon.  If the guys running them even
 > suspect the possibility of lightning in the vicinity they get them down
 > as fast as possible.
 >
 > Ed
 >
 >



Possible, I recall a nice TV show to where "the flying doctors" rescued
people without landing the chopper etc, though the problem was as soon as
the touched the ground they would get a massive electrical shock, they often
ended up worse than the victims, it took them a long time to work out why,
now they have to drop a "ground wire" to the ground to discharge the chopper
to ground so it didnt kill the doctor.

Chris