What you say is true about propellor planes. Airline jets on the other hand
are designed to fly through most icing conditions all day long. This is
because excess hot bleed air from the compressor sections is routed through
the wings and empennage, the so-called "hot wing" system. Nacelle inlets
and other critical areas are heated also. It is a matter of degree (pun
intended). Enough heat is available and provided to deice a jet in all but
the most extreme conditions. No one has figured out how to deice a prop
plane to the same degree.

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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No de-icing system allows a pilot to continue flight in icing conditions
when encountered

Really? I had been under the impression that airline systems did allow
continued flight in icing conditions. That's not true, eh? Okay...well,
in
any case, I think that there are pilots out there that don't understand
that
de-ice doesn't mean you can just bomb on through icing conditions as if
they
weren't there.

If not, so much the better. But if so, it might be helpful to dissuade
someone of that idea.

Pete