Anyone ever gotten wing icing at FL450?
I recently did. Over the ITCZ. Weird. Just really weird. I oft turn on engine heaters flying through upper level ice crystals (see AF447), but I've never before accumulated wing ice up there. I already had the engines on during this evolution, but I ended up turning ALL the heaters on. First time. It was disorienting and unnerving. I feel like I lost some kind of virginity.
Discuss.
I recently did. Over the ITCZ. Weird. Just really weird. I oft turn on engine heaters flying through upper level ice crystals (see AF447), but I've never before accumulated wing ice up there. I already had the engines on during this evolution, but I ended up turning ALL the heaters on. First time. It was disorienting and unnerving. I feel like I lost some kind of virginity.
Discuss.