Originally Posted by
de727ups
I'd have no problem with it.
I've flown in snow showers and the main problem is greatly reduced vis. Have you flown in rain showers? Snow is about twice as bad.
I agree.
The problem with freezing rain is that the droplets freeze on contact, icing the aircraft. Other types of frozen precipitation
generallydon't do this. The problem cones up with the "generally" but that's where knowledge of the weather conditions in your locale make a difference.
Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy
I believe you would be legal if you flew with a student, VFR, in an area of FORECASTED light to moderate icing (assuming your aircraft isn't certified). But the minute the area gets KNOWN icing, you need to exit that area.
I know that's a common belief, but I don't think it's right - not the need to get out part, but the difference between "known" and "forecast."
The best way I've heard it put is that it's "known (icing conditions)" not "(known icing) conditions."
IOW, the way the enforcement cases read, all you have to know is that conditions conducive to icing exist - and forecasts are certainly enough for that. If there was a forecast of the "right" temperature and clouds, for example, you "know" that "icing conditions" exist, and that's enough to hang you if you have an ice problem.