Originally Posted by ByGeorge
...Anyhow you can have your 'white scenery' I have a few trips in the sun now.
I laughed out loud when I read that line. I'm actually in the Seychelles now, which is why I don't have access to any of the icing HOTs, etc. I delivered a new turboprop aircraft here about a month ago, and just finished training all the pilots and maintenance technicians. Discussion of de-ice and anti-ice fluids and operating practices was NOT on the syllabus...
Thanks for double-checking the data for the Type 4 fluid. That type of fluid cannot be used on the small turboprops (only Type 1 and Type 3 is permitted), so, that's probably why I was a bit out in left field with my question.
As for the "white scenery" - well, here's a picture of what I was doing between Christmas and New Year's when I had to ferry the plane from Canada to the Seychelles. The picture was taken far north of the Arctic Circle, de-icing with Type 1 in -35 degree weather. That's me on the top of the plane.
I gotta admit I don't miss the white scenery at all.
Michael
