Originally Posted by
NorthSouth
A significant omission. Any aircraft left uncovered outside, or pulled out of a hangar into freezing conditions, will accumulate potentially dangerous amounts of ice by sublimation.
Yeah, but you can see that and choose whether to de-ice or not go flying.
Once Upon A Time, when the instructor came out to the aircraft I said "there's frost on the tops of the wings". "So there is", he said, "now let's go flying."
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, children - this guy
was a test pilot, but you may not be.