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Old 8th Sep 2014, 06:36
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Cactusjack
 
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The fog lifts half way down the runway at TWB.
Correct. It's an interesting weather pattern at the current aerodrome, often there is fog up to half way along the Runway, while the range and Toowoomba city remains clear. This same phenomena won't affect Wellcamp to the same degree. I have also seen Dash 8's iced up enough that de-icing equipment would have been handy early in the morning, but that level of icing only happens maybe twice per year. Instead you just tow the aircraft into a position facing the sun and let Mother Nature de-ice it naturally. It's a pain in the ass for a few hours with a flow on delay but as I said it is a rare occurrence.
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