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PIREP 23:40Z 11/13/06
MOD UUA /OV HYP 360010/TM 2340/FL120/TP T-38/IC SVR/RM PILOT REPORTED ICING OF EMERGENCY SEVERITY ZOA

A T-38 reporting an icing emergency?
 
AirBaker said:
PIREP 23:40Z 11/13/06
MOD UUA /OV HYP 360010/TM 2340/FL120/TP T-38/IC SVR/RM PILOT REPORTED ICING OF EMERGENCY SEVERITY ZOA

A T-38 reporting an icing emergency?
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JOOC, I wonder what T-38s have for de-ice equipment?
 
Basically, nothing for structural ice. It's got little bitty, highly loaded, razor-blade wings, and the sharper the leading edge, the more susceptible to icing. It doesn't take much structural ice at all to turn a T-38 into a flying emergency due to loss of aerodynamic efficiency.
 
Ron Levy said:
Basically, nothing for structural ice. It's got little bitty, highly loaded, razor-blade wings, and the sharper the leading edge, the more susceptible to icing. It doesn't take much structural ice at all to turn a T-38 into a flying emergency due to loss of aerodynamic efficiency.
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That's what I was thinking. So "severe icing" in a T-38 could mean light icing to a Cherokee. Hardly seems fair.
 
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