I wonder if anyone has ever considered a rig that has a series of jet
engines (about a dozen -maximum- ought to do it) that come in around the
plane and shoot their hot exhausts on the wings and the rest of the plane,
and heat the ice up to melt it away?

Good idea.

Didn't the Air Force used to use jet engines alongside runways to clear
fog, back in the '60s?
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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