![How airplanes counteract St. Elmo's fire during thunderstorms | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology How airplanes counteract St. Elmo's fire during thunderstorms | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://news.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_article__image_gallery/public/images/202008/MIT-Electric-Wind-02.jpg?itok=u-XWmob9)
How airplanes counteract St. Elmo's fire during thunderstorms | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
![St. Elmos Fire on an airplane flying through a thunderstorm. [Christiaan van Heijst] : r/interestingasfuck St. Elmos Fire on an airplane flying through a thunderstorm. [Christiaan van Heijst] : r/interestingasfuck](https://external-preview.redd.it/aiomC4BMFBuTcIlRwepVdkBHXhsqTfuF8yJ87G4LNaU.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=acca8b5f7944bd95e56c6fbaae9155c1f6f45a2b)
St. Elmos Fire on an airplane flying through a thunderstorm. [Christiaan van Heijst] : r/interestingasfuck
![Just A Car Guy: St Elmo's Fire forming on the windshield of a Hawker 800A private jet. He said probably because the windshield on that plane has deicing wires embedded in the Just A Car Guy: St Elmo's Fire forming on the windshield of a Hawker 800A private jet. He said probably because the windshield on that plane has deicing wires embedded in the](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZU0gXBkREaI/XEEQhApZ5tI/AAAAAAAFc24/y1xpUAHhvpQB0CP5nbGmCevUhqS20PyFQCLcBGAs/s1600/StElmo.jpg)
Just A Car Guy: St Elmo's Fire forming on the windshield of a Hawker 800A private jet. He said probably because the windshield on that plane has deicing wires embedded in the
![Pilots aboard Hurricane Hunter plane chasing a winter storm experience strange phenomenon | abc10.com Pilots aboard Hurricane Hunter plane chasing a winter storm experience strange phenomenon | abc10.com](https://media.abc10.com/assets/ACCUWEATHER/images/70425390-e9ca-462a-9d6a-031d23cda902/70425390-e9ca-462a-9d6a-031d23cda902_1920x1080.jpg)
Pilots aboard Hurricane Hunter plane chasing a winter storm experience strange phenomenon | abc10.com
![Saint Elmo's fire generated by a thunderstorm over the Amazon Rainforest last week. Plane flying at 35000 feet under heavy rain. Pilot wishes to remain anonymous. : r/Damnthatsinteresting Saint Elmo's fire generated by a thunderstorm over the Amazon Rainforest last week. Plane flying at 35000 feet under heavy rain. Pilot wishes to remain anonymous. : r/Damnthatsinteresting](https://preview.redd.it/9c9ro2gep5881.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=69bec36416cb161f2b4c9b002c617d40d397cf3d)
Saint Elmo's fire generated by a thunderstorm over the Amazon Rainforest last week. Plane flying at 35000 feet under heavy rain. Pilot wishes to remain anonymous. : r/Damnthatsinteresting
![Watch St. Elmo's Fire appear on an E-4B doomsday plane's nose during aerial refueling - The Aviationist Watch St. Elmo's Fire appear on an E-4B doomsday plane's nose during aerial refueling - The Aviationist](https://i0.wp.com/theaviationist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/E-4-St.-Elmos.jpg?fit=587%2C311&ssl=1)
Watch St. Elmo's Fire appear on an E-4B doomsday plane's nose during aerial refueling - The Aviationist
![St. Elmo's Fire As Seen from NOAA WP-3D N42RF on 15 Feb 2020 | Office of Marine and Aviation Operations St. Elmo's Fire As Seen from NOAA WP-3D N42RF on 15 Feb 2020 | Office of Marine and Aviation Operations](https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/poster/St%20Elmo.jpg?itok=dzP__C8z)