17-year cicadas of any concern to aircraft?

C J Campbell wrote:

Some areas seem to have a permanent haze of bugs. Western Kansas comes to
mind. The worst I have encountered was in October of 2001. One of my
students had just bought a new Cessna 172 and we were ferrying it back to
Bremerton from the factory at Independence. We landed at Liberty for fuel
and flew through an incredible number of bugs. We could hardly see the
runway when we touched down. The entire airplane was coated with bug guts
which quickly hardened into a yellow and red layer of shellac. It was truly
awful.

Rain X on the window and a good coat of an appropriate wax on the rest
of the plane can make getting those bugs of a LOT easier.

Chris W

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C J Campbell wrote:

Some areas seem to have a permanent haze of bugs. Western Kansas comes
to
mind. The worst I have encountered was in October of 2001. One of my
students had just bought a new Cessna 172 and we were ferrying it back
to
Bremerton from the factory at Independence. We landed at Liberty for
fuel
and flew through an incredible number of bugs. We could hardly see the
runway when we touched down. The entire airplane was coated with bug
guts
which quickly hardened into a yellow and red layer of shellac. It was
truly
awful.

Rain X on the window and a good coat of an appropriate wax on the rest
of the plane can make getting those bugs of a LOT easier.


Rain-X is labeled not for use on plastic. It will eventually fog the
plastic. There are other products that are safe to use on airplane windows,
however.