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Old November 30th 06, 01:11 AM posted to rec.aviation.owning
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: Because I fly a VFR Cessna 150. When would I need pitot heat assuming
: the weather was good enough to fly in the first place. In other
: words,
: if I need pitot heat, what I really needed was better decision making
: before takeoff.

: To each, his or her own limits. However, pitot heat isn't only useful in
: below freezing conditions. It used to be a practice to have the pitot
: heat on before flight into visible moisture. I realize you mentioned VFR
: only Charles, but it seems to me that this thread was tending to suggest
: that pitot heat was for use during below freezing conditions, and that's
: just not always the case.

One of the most surprising cases of airframe icing I've encountered in my PA28-180 was in VMC under VFR near Kenosha,
WI...

-Cory


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* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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