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Old 03-29-2008, 01:16 PM
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OrionFE
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Originally Posted by CPOonfinal View Post
While stationed in Kef I worked the line running the deice trucks and I remember AC leaving with light to moderate frost but not necessarily iced. I can tell you though, the Germans were the most anal crews when it came to deicing. Depending on the aircraft, most US crews were a little more flexible, brave, or dumb (whatever floats your boat). I've seen icing that made the main mounts compress on P-3's Takes a long time and a lot of water to get those deiced....
When I was a P-3 Flight Engineer, I thought it took a lot of fluid to get her cleaned off, but nothing like deicing the "whale" (B-747)! I have to laugh when they bring out those little deice trucks.
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