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Old 29th Dec 2019, 05:36
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Originally Posted by 750XL
No, you don't want any de-icing fluid to stay on your airframe at all.

Anti-icing fluid, however, you do want to stay on your wings (until it sheers off near rotation speed)
You may be right. I always called the liquid that washes the snow off the plane "glycol" and the orange stuff they pour on the wings anti.... OOOOH! That's where I got "lost in translation". Anti-icing fluid!!! I see my mistake now. Thank you!
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