Thread: Icing Airmets
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Old January 28th 04, 03:52 AM
Mike Rapoport
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Dave" wrote in message
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| I'd like to know how you get in icing when the temperature is +5. I have
| never seen ice until the the gauge reads 0 or below.

Icing occurs when liquid water freezes on an airplane surface that is

below
freezing. The aircraft may have been cooled earlier when it flew through a
layer.

Almost. Icing occurs when a below freezing aircraft encounters supercooled
water. Supercooled water does not exist above 0C.

Mike
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