This is Ice
02-16-2012, 03:11 AM
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A few years back I was going into KGRR, tower says just light mixed on the approach reported by a DC-9 ahead, no big deal..
As were comming down the ILS in the snap of your fingers the window is covered! We cracked the boots 3 times down the slope and there was a buzzing (loud) somewhere in the ceiling of the cockpit..Turns out it was ice on the antenna buzzing in the windstream! I have never seen ice that bad
As were comming down the ILS in the snap of your fingers the window is covered! We cracked the boots 3 times down the slope and there was a buzzing (loud) somewhere in the ceiling of the cockpit..Turns out it was ice on the antenna buzzing in the windstream! I have never seen ice that bad
02-16-2012, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ce650
A few years back I was going into KGRR, tower says just light mixed on the approach reported by a DC-9 ahead, no big deal..
As were comming down the ILS in the snap of your fingers the window is covered! We cracked the boots 3 times down the slope and there was a buzzing (loud) somewhere in the ceiling of the cockpit..Turns out it was ice on the antenna buzzing in the windstream! I have never seen ice that bad
As were comming down the ILS in the snap of your fingers the window is covered! We cracked the boots 3 times down the slope and there was a buzzing (loud) somewhere in the ceiling of the cockpit..Turns out it was ice on the antenna buzzing in the windstream! I have never seen ice that bad
02-20-2012, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Left Handed
Oh, just polish it down with your hand and go. What's the big deal.
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02-20-2012, 04:22 PM
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This could turn into a fun thread. Here's a severe clear ice/SLD encounter I had on my way to RUT last winter. Went from light mixed ice to 2 inches of nice, heavy, clear ice in about 60 seconds (I think) and thanks to Murphy's law, the valve for the boots froze up just then too. Obviously I was too busy at the time to take any pictures, but after 30 minutes or so on terra firma, I went out to see if anything was left on the airplane and found this... (hard to tell, but the ice is about 1 inch thick on the most forward part of the nose.)
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