A newbie doubt, if it's ok...

why is it that we don't ever hear of aircraft skidding and going
off-track while taxiing or even during takeoff/landing? Is the lack of
such incidents only because of the meticulousness of ice clearance by
airport authorities?

It is because no pilot would dare take off or land on an icy runway, and yes
they are meticulously cleared at major airports.

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"Greg Butler" wrote:



It is because no pilot would dare take off or land on an icy runway, and yes
they are meticulously cleared at major airports.


I was going to argue this point with you, but realized that when I did
my landings and takeoffs from the surface of a frozen lake it wasn't a
"runway".

It was icy however. G

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I was going to argue this point with you, but realized that when I did
my landings and takeoffs from the surface of a frozen lake it wasn't a
"runway".

It was icy however. G

Thats true, planes with skis or whatever they call them are frequently used
in frozen remote places like antarctica and such.

"Greg Butler" wrote in message
.. .

I was going to argue this point with you, but realized that when I did
my landings and takeoffs from the surface of a frozen lake it wasn't a
"runway".

It was icy however. G

Thats true, planes with skis or whatever they call them are frequently
used
in frozen remote places like antarctica and such.

And in Wisconson! ;-)
--
Jim in NC


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And in Wisconson! ;-)
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Jim in NC

Well I used to live in Wisconsin, never saw that, but makes sense!

I don't know what you consider "major" but my home field (BED, Hanscom
Field) gets a ton of bizjet traffic and not-infrequent visits from chartered
737s and military transports.

And they definitely do not clear the runway "meticulously." After one
nor'easter a couple years ago I remember some touch-and-goes on a runway
with at least 1-1/2" of moderately-packed snow/slush that reminded me of
toboggan rides on cafeteria trays from high school. Of course the tires on a
big ship would bite down through that pretty easily.

"Greg Butler" wrote in message
. ..

why is it that we don't ever hear of aircraft skidding and going
off-track while taxiing or even during takeoff/landing? Is the lack of
such incidents only because of the meticulousness of ice clearance by
airport authorities?

It is because no pilot would dare take off or land on an icy runway, and
yes
they are meticulously cleared at major airports.

"Greg Butler" wrote in message
. ..

why is it that we don't ever hear of aircraft skidding and going
off-track while taxiing or even during takeoff/landing? Is the lack of
such incidents only because of the meticulousness of ice clearance by
airport authorities?

It is because no pilot would dare take off or land on an icy runway, and
yes
they are meticulously cleared at major airports.

A friend just sent me a CD with lots of pictures of him taking off and
landing his 182 on a frozen lake.

It is because no pilot would dare take off or land on an icy runway, and
yes
they are meticulously cleared at major airports.

Spoken from someone who's obviously never flown in Alaska in the winter.

PJ

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Here's to the duck who swam a lake and never lost a feather,
May sometime another year, we all be back together.
JJW
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PJ Hunt wrote:

It is because no pilot would dare take off or land on an icy runway, and

yes

they are meticulously cleared at major airports.

There's an "airport" somewhere in the Northeast that is simply a runway
plowed on a lake. Ops on a snow covered runway are fun.

You miss quoted me.. I did not write that. (Notice the preceding the
text.)

What I wrote was the response that whoever did write it obviously has not
flown in Alaska in the winter time. And I agree with you, frozen lakes are
fun, there's tons of them up here, and tons of snow covered runways too. And
a couple of plowed ones now and then.

PJ

============================================
Here's to the duck who swam a lake and never lost a feather,
May sometime another year, we all be back together.
JJW
============================================


"Newps" wrote in message
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PJ Hunt wrote:

It is because no pilot would dare take off or land on an icy runway, and

yes

they are meticulously cleared at major airports.

There's an "airport" somewhere in the Northeast that is simply a runway
plowed on a lake. Ops on a snow covered runway are fun.