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If You’re Not Yet Afraid of Flying …
by Mike Richard
… this should put the fear of God in ya. Video of an airplane in Osaka getting struck by lightning.
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Vagabondish editor, Mike Richard, lives in Rhode Island - a spit of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats, small, declarative sentences and speaking in the third person.
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August 30th, 2007
Hehe, it’s a rare travel blog you read that actually tries to make you more afraid of flying!
Great find.
August 31st, 2007
Lol, so true, Eric. I thought it was a rather incredible video.