I'll dig up more detail and links for you tomorrow, but (a) radio disturbances are primarily cited as a problem by the British air force (the RAF), which is strange because the air forces of Spain, Germany and Denmark, as well as military planes of the USA and Britain in Germany saw no serious problems; (b) with over ten thousand windmills each in Germany and the USA, lightning encounters aren't an unknown factor anymore, in fact now we are at the stage that there are patent disputes regarding windmill lighting defense systems.

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}