Here we go again. Get rid of it all. De-ice it, have the damn thing dripping with fluid immediately before departure. If you are the captain, and you are lined up for takeoff, and you are not 100% sure that your aircraft is clean, you must NOT depart. I'm talking generically, non-type specific, but please guys, don't mess with ice, GET RID OF IT. If you can't, then DON'T GO!! I know that some types are allowed to depart with a thin layer of frost on the underside of the wings within certain areas, fair enough, but for heaven's sake, if there is ice on your airframe and/or control surfaces then for all you know you are getting airborne in the aerodynamic equivalent of one of Fred Dibnah's steam rollers and you will die. Please, don't do it.
Last edited by Smudger; 24th February 2007 at 21:16.