Originally Posted by
UAL T38 Phlyer
It was interesting to see frost on the wings where there was still fuel. This was Feb in Saudi, and about 80 degrees. The fuel, cold-soaked from flight in the bozo-sphere, causes water vapor to sublimate directly to frost in the descent.
We ran into that icing problem sometimes in the MD-80 going from the cold NE to Miami. You would land and the cold fuel would accrete ice in the warm MIA air. Try explaining that you have to de-ice in MIA...