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Old 1st Jul 2009, 12:40
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Xeque
 
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Absolutely correct. That's why on many light aircraft pitot tubes are heated (although on my first aeroplane, a venerable Rallye 100, it wasn't). It didn't really matter, I never flew in conditions where icing might have been a problem.
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