Required reading for every pilot, this resource identifies different icing types -- including new phenomena such as supercolled drizzle droplets. Covers both ground and airborne icing for VFR and IFR pilots in high- and low-level operations.
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Terry T. Lankford has been a Weather Specialist with the FAA for nearly 30 years, and is the author of three titles in McGraw-Hill's Practical Flying Series: Understanding Aeronautical Charts, 2nd Edition, Cockpit Weather Decisions, and all three editions of this book. He also wrote Aircraft Icing. A pilot since 1967, he also holds single-engine, multiengine, and instrument ratings, as well as an FAA Gold Seal Instructor certificate. An FAA accident prevention counselor, he earned the Flight Safety Award in 1979. Lankford also contributes articles to pilot periodicals.
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The planet Earth, with a thin layer of gas completely covering it, is unique in the solar system. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cockpit strategies, ice protection equipment, supercooled large droplets, stovepipe algorithm, icing potential, significant icing, flight into icing conditions, multiple freezing levels, icing environment, icing forecasts, tailplane stall, ice protection system, serious icing, icing accidents, ice aft, icing reports, pilot weather reports, icing intensities, radar summary chart, icing products, surface analysis chart, downward vertical motion, mixed icing, rime icing, icing encounter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, San Francisco, Great Lakes, New Mexico, Aviation Weather Center, Facility Directory, Gulf Coast, New England, Santa Rosa, Los Angeles, National Weather Service, Salt Lake City, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Weather Bureau, Aircraft Icing Plan, Atlantic Coast, Lancaster's Fox Field, New Jersey, San Joaquin Valley, Airspeed Maintain, Federal Aviation Administration, Las Vegas, Van Nuys New!
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cockpit strategies, ice protection equipment, supercooled large droplets, stovepipe algorithm, icing potential, significant icing, flight into icing conditions, multiple freezing levels, icing environment, icing forecasts, tailplane stall, ice protection system, serious icing, icing accidents, ice aft, icing reports, pilot weather reports, icing intensities, radar summary chart, icing products, surface analysis chart, downward vertical motion, mixed icing, rime icing, icing encounter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, San Francisco, Great Lakes, New Mexico, Aviation Weather Center, Facility Directory, Gulf Coast, New England, Santa Rosa, Los Angeles, National Weather Service, Salt Lake City, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Weather Bureau, Aircraft Icing Plan, Atlantic Coast, Lancaster's Fox Field, New Jersey, San Joaquin Valley, Airspeed Maintain, Federal Aviation Administration, Las Vegas, Van Nuys New!
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- General Aviation Law by Jerry Eichenberger in Front Matter
- Weather Patterns and Phenomena by Thomas P. Turner in Front Matter
- The Art of Instrument Flying by J. R. Williams in Front Matter
- The Spirit of St. Louis (Scribner Classic) by Charles A. Lindbergh on page 278
- Avoiding Common Pilot Errors: An Air Traffic Controller's View by John Stewart in Front Matter
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