Originally Posted by
tubby linton
If an aircraft( Victor /Vulcan) was on QRA during ground icing conditions how was it de-iced in time to launch within the QRA window.?
They were deiced regularly. I remember one night the QRA crews themselves used a Landrover with dozer blade keeping the dispersal clear while the ground crew kept the route from dispersal to runway open.
One crewman managed to drive the dozer in to a snow drift. His relief complained that he had had to spend an hour digging it out again.
I am not aware of at any time during my time of a station going black for QRA.