Icing

The directive also warns that ice buildup on pitot tubes can lead to instrument failure, impacting readings for airspeed, altitude, and vertical speed.

There are a number of factors to consider carefully.

The icing type that accretes on your airframe depends on many environmental factors.

What freezing fog is all about and does it constitute “known icing conditions”?

A flight from Illinois on an average winter day becomes a reminder to not become complacent or let yourself be intimidated by ATC.

Winter and airframe icing are like peanut butter and jelly; it’s hard to imagine one without the other.

A collaboration between Embraer and Collins Aerospace has culminated in the demonstration of an advanced ice protection system utilizing More Electric Aircraft (MEA) technology. On July 20, the two companies began its flight test campaign in Gavião Peixoto, Brazil, for its carbon nanotube electro thermal heating technology (CNT).  The CNT ice protection system was installed […]

How bad can things get if you run into icy conditions? You may be surprised at the answer.

A certain amount of an airline pilot’s life is given over to marking time on and around airports, and that is doubly true of the junior captain on reserve. I am currently ensconced in the midcentury-modern environs of the TWA Hotel, built around Eero Saarinen’s soaring TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport. […]

All too often, pilots think air traffic controllers are just voices in their headset handing out instructions designed to keep them separated from other nearby aircraft—and also to annoy them, some pilots might add. But when pilots fly themselves into danger, or find themselves in charge of a malfunctioning airplane, grabbing the mic and calling […]