I dunno much about these aeroplanes, but when talking to one owner yesterday, who parks his Cirrus 22 next to my booted twin Cessna, he mentioned that...."Ice is absolutely no problem for me, as I have TKS fitted, I can fly in all icing conditions."
This got me to thinking...if this is the way many of these Cirrus owners think, look for many smokin' holes in the ground this coming winter, in the USA.
Now, I have flown only one aeroplane fitted with TKS (Shorts Skyvan) and indeed it IS known ice approved, but sadly, the Cirrus is not.
Also, there have been three Cirrus fatal accidents just this week, one here in Arizona...in icing conditions.
Rather bad news.
