Aircraft Icing
When preparing to fly there are many factors you should consider that could jeopardize the safety of your flight. Weather conditions play a huge role in whether or not you can safely execute a flight. One weather condition that I'd like to focus on is the cold and wet conditions required to cause aircraft icing. Aircraft icing happens when an aircraft travels through visible water such as rain or cloud droplets, and the temperature must be zero degrees Celsius, or colder, (FAA, n.d.). Any cloud at subfreezing temperatures has the potential to form ice, but there are several factors that contribute to the formation of hazardous ice. The conditions that contribute to the most dangerous type of icing are when the presence of large, supercooled water droplets are in the air, (FAA, n.d.). Thick, stratified clouds producing continuous rain, where the temperature is just below freezing are very susceptible to producing ice. Aircraft icing is not only inconvenient, but also effects perform...