Artika--Russian Winter Ops
Wondering if anyone has experience or info on "Artika"--the apparently unholy de-ice / anti-ice fluid used across Russia (outside of St.Petersburg and Moscow). This stuff has a reputation for stripping paint...see any nice looking Siberian aircraft lately?? Scary, thinking the only alternative at Europe--China enroute alternates (or for me, a regular stop in Novosibirsk) is water and hot air!!