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On Feb 26, 6:35 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Yeah, ice is a big problem in that region. I remember it was common
and was frequently from the suface to well above my ceiling, anyway.
In the midwest it always seemed more stratified, so it was always
possible to be somewhere the ice wasn't. Not so in the hills. I think
it was probably Altoona I'm thinking of with the approach. A
southerly runway, anyway.. I don't thnk I was ever grounded by the
weather, which seems remarkable to me now.

Bertie

That is amazing! You must have been full deice, G1000, turbine -- the
works.

G1000? What's that? It was a stock 310 but mostly I flew a Twin Beech
around that area. We had boots and electric props on the 310 and boots
and alchohol props and usually alky windscreens on the 18s.

This winter has been non-stop ice -- warm enough and wet enough to
keep it constantly above and throughout the altitudes we fly. The
uplift created by the ridges wreaks more havoc than we realize.

The airliners are far above so there's no compelling interest to study
the phenomenon, but it is definitely unique.

Yeah, I remember it well. I never got into any real trouble with ice,
but my boss when I worked in MI did once. He just made it into some
place in Ohio. I did get some in Michigan that caused an engine to
cough, but I managed to clear it. I had also got a lot on the bottom of
the wing holding. I went along with a guy in a 310 once and we got a lot
on the tip tanks which was causing us a lot of grief, but we were never
in the situation where we couldn't hold altitude.
OTOH, I have come down in singles covered with ice more than once!

Bertie