Maintaining high safety standards during the preparation and execution of air operations is a guarantee of their success. Weather conditions and associated phenomena are among the most dangerous threats to the conduct of air operations. Numerous analyses clearly indicate that many aviation incidents caused by icing could have been avoided if aviation personnel had acted correctly. This observation applies to both ground services and aircraft crews. The following material addresses the possibilities of countering icing using ground equipment, as well as aircraft anti-icing systems. The final subsection of the article outlines the principles that a pilot should follow in the event of a likelihood of icing on the ground and in the air.AIRCRAFT ICING – INFLUENCE ON THE CONDACTING OF AIR
OPERATIONS, REASONS, WAYS OF COUNTERACTION
Maintaining high safety standards in the preparation and execution of air operations is a guarantee of their success. Weather conditions and the accompanying phenomena are among the most dangerous threats to air operations. Many studies clearly show that the number of air events caused by icing could be avoided by a proper activity of aviation staff.
This remark applies equally to ground services and flight crews. The following material refers to the possibility of using de-icing ground equipment, as well as anti-acing aircraft systems. In the last section of the article referred to the principles which should guide a pilot in the case of the likelihood of icing on the ground and air.
1. PREVENTING THE ICING PHENOMENON AND ITS EFFECTS
The problem of the necessity of de-icing aircraft is not new; it has existed practically since the moment people realized that the icing phenomenon carries negative consequences both in relation to the aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft and the reduction of the strength parameters of its individual elements. We distinguish two categories of devices for combating ice on aircraft. De-icing devices (eng. (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine