Originally Posted by
bgmann
Have you ever flown a Shorts 360 into what later became severe icing? We had a plane that landed with 6" of ice on the leading edges and strut in Beckley, it flew and landed. Got pics.
In icing I have seen the Shorts lose 30 knots in minutes ... lots of places for that ice to build on to. I know what the pics look like.
Compared to the Dash or 1900 in similar icing, only lost 5-10 knots ...
Sorry, the Shorts was/is still a pig ... that serves its purpose well !
Later, Brown CC