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Old 24th Jan 2015, 17:19
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bcgallacher
 
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I think the last commercial aircraft I worked on that had tail plane de-icing was the HS Trident - none of the Boeings, L1011, or Airbus had it. The only reason I remember the Trident horizontal stab. De-icing is that the system incorporated a rubber flexible joint known to all and sundry as 'the Donkeys Dick'. Probably the most obscene looking aircraft component in history. The designer must have had a sense of humour.
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