[JYO] AOPA Air Safety Foundation offers updated Aircraft Icing Safety Advisor
- From: FlyboyEd@xxxxxxx
- To: jyo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 12:08:10 EST
Just in time for winter, Air Safety Foundation offers updated Aircraft Icing
Safety Advisor
Dec. 13 — With the return of winter comes one of aviation's deadliest
enemies: in-flight ice build-up. The AOPA Air Safety Foundation, in
collaboration with the FAA, has just updated and reprinted its popular Safety
Advisor on icing, to help pilots cope with the problem.
"Winter's cold means pilots will encounter subfreezing temperatures at lower
altitudes across wide sections of the country. Add moist air, and there's a
real potential for trouble," said ASF Executive Director Bruce Landsberg.
"Knowing what to do if you encounter icing conditions, and just as
importantly, how to recognize the potential for icing before ever leaving the
ground, are among the most important skills a pilot can have."
The Aircraft Icing Safety Advisor dispels many common misunderstandings; that
the weight of the ice is what causes danger; that carburetor icing is a thing
of the past; and that pilots have few options to avoid ice.
Will full-color charts and photographs, the safety advisor explains the
conditions that may lead to icing, the different kinds of ice a pilot may
encounter, hazards caused by icing, and steps a pilot can take to escape an
icing encounter. It also includes a harrowing cautionary tale by a pilot who
waited longer than he should have to get out of icing conditions — almost too
long.
<A HREF="http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/sa11.pdf";>Aircraft Icing</A> is
available free of charge online. A written copy may be <A
HREF="https://www.aopa.org/asf/advisor_order.cfm?id=6";>
ordered online</A> or by calling 800/638-3101.
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