PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Polish the Ice?
Thread: Polish the Ice?
View Single Post
Old 22nd February 2008 | 10:24
  #18 (permalink)  
411A
 
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 8,571
Likes: 3
From: Arizona USA
It would seem that we have some folks here who are, shall we say, new to aviation, and are not aware of past procedures on many older types.
While it is true that many new(er) types will not tolerate frost on the wings (polished or not), many older types (DC-3, as an example) can be flown quite safely with well-polished frost.
As for frost on the underside of wings on jet aircraft, B707's (again, as an example) had no restrictions whatsoever in this regard, so a few youngsters who, having never flown older types, will more than likely be unaware.
411A is offline  
Reply