Originally Posted by
Ace66
Yes, zerozero said hoarfrost is an urban myth that came out of the bush. I was responding to him.
Well this little disagreement has certainly made mountains out of mole hills! Or maybe it would be more accurate to say glaciers out of frost crystals.
Look I don't have the time for this little exercise, but I do want to clear up this one misunderstanding. I was not saying hoarfrost is myth. On the contrary, hoarfrost is a very real phenomenon.
What I was trying to say was your comments about the hoarfrost simply blowing off the wing and therefore (it sounded like) there's no need to deice, reminded me of the bush pilot myths that I heard when I was out there.
The fact is, any wing contamination *should* be addressed in order to depart with the "clean wing" as described by JamesNoBrakes.
That's all I got.
Safe flights.