Originally Posted by
Mogwi
We had a great weather-guesser at Gütersloh in the late 70s, who was very much trusted by us pilots. One Friday afternoon, he rang the squadron and advised that we all go to the bar. 30 minutes later we were hit with rain ice that turned the airfield into a skating rink, broke the tops off all the birch trees and locked people out of their cars by covering them in sheet ice.
Eh! Those were the days!
Mog
Yes, same in my earlier day there. Got in the car at last, wound the window down, and the ice sheet remained as a rather opalescent continuous sheet..
The tower front steps had a stone wall edging that gave a good view if one went to the high end, about 5 ft above ground. Unfortunately I discovered it had a slight slope. One gently accelerating Met man, condemned to a ski jump down 5 feet on to an ice sheet. I expect I went base over apex but you only remember the good bits.
Rain ice every winter at least once. The Beetle was not the best choice.