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- Path: sparky!uunet!timbuk.cray.com!walter.cray.com!ferrari!slow
- From: slow@ferrari.cray.com (David Slowinski)
- Subject: Re: Frost
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.111116.20268@walter.cray.com>
- Keywords: Frost
- Lines: 13
- Nntp-Posting-Host: ferrari.cray.com
- Reply-To: slow@ferrari.cray.com (David Slowinski)
- Organization: Cray Research, Inc. Eagan, MN.
- References: <C02u32.n1E@oryx.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 11:11:16 CST
-
- In article <C02u32.n1E@oryx.com>, xdejcj@mustang.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (james c janssen) writes:
- > The ATP I was with sprayed the plane down with water.
- >
- >It seems like I have read somewhere that this is not a good technique
- >for removing frost. Can anyone comment on this.
- >
- Don't try that trick here in Wisconsin (-7 degrees Farenheit today).
- You would certainly end up with lots of ice. The airframe and
- controls and passenger doors would be entombed in ice until spring.
-
- David Slowinski
- Cray Research Inc.
- Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
-