Weather Hazards
Aircraft Icing I cing can be one of the most dangerous things affecting an aircraft. Icing can adhere to any part of the aircraft adding undesirable weight. Icing adds a lot of drag, weight, and if encountered on the wings, it can reduce lift exponentially. Icing can be encountered both in the air and on the ground. In the air, icing can be found anywhere up to a temperature of approximately 10 degrees Celsius, and in visible moisture (rain, cloud, fog, etc). On the ground, in cold areas, snow can adhere to the aircraft and needs to be removed before flight. T here are many ways and forms of icing that can be present on an airplane. We have Structural, Instrument and Induced types of icing. Structural icing refers to all icing that is found on all the outside parts of the aircraft, like wings, fuselage, etc. Instrument icing refers to the icing that forms on the instrument systems such as the pitot-static system, and induced icing is for...