"Richard Kaplan" wrote in message
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Does that include flight in a known-ice TKS airplane?

Yes.

How do you know?

Those who know told me.

Have you ever tried it?

No.

Have you ever talked to anyone who has?

Yes.

Known-ice TKS is there to GET YOU OUT of icing conditions. Why in the world
would you intentionally fly into an area where the only purpose of your
safety equipment is to get you out?

Saying one should fly into actual reporting icing conditions just because
you have known-ice TKS installed is like saying I should intentionally spin
a Cirrus because I have the safety equipment to recover from the spin
installed.

Keep in mind that "known ice" for the purpose of icing certification means
"freezing temperature and visible moisture", while the icing conditions I'm
talking about here are those that are truly known to exist (that is, someone
has just been there and reported that ice is present).

Pete