1800 Gallons of De-icing fluid...

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck writes:

And, since this isn't being done at a major airport (which would have
deicing stations to catch all that stuff), there is no recycling of
that fluid. It just goes away...all $3600+ worth of it.

What does deicing fluid contain?


Which manufacturer?

Recently, Jay Honeck posted:

My A&P mechanic works a day job, in addition to doing small-plane
maintenance. He is in charge of local maintenance on DC-9s that fly
for a major freight hauler.

Our part of the world got hit with a pretty decent winter storm over
the weekend, which resulted in "his" DC-9 being coated with over 1/4"
of ice before it started to snow. In order to remove that ice before
departing, they had to spray over 1,800 gallons of deicing fluid on
that single DC-9.

And, since this isn't being done at a major airport (which would have
deicing stations to catch all that stuff), there is no recycling of
that fluid. It just goes away...all $3600+ worth of it.

One could only wish that it would "go away". Unfortunately, it's being
stored for some future generation to deal with.

Neil

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com...
: My A&P mechanic works a day job, in addition to doing small-plane
: maintenance. He is in charge of local maintenance on DC-9s that fly
: for a major freight hauler.
:
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: If you ever wondered why it costs so much to ship a box of chocolates
: cross-country, now you know...
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: ;-)
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: Jay Honeck
: Iowa City, IA
: Pathfinder N56993
: www.AlexisParkInn.com
: "Your Aviation Destination"
:

They were talking about installing one of these at Kalamazoo:
http://www.radiantenergycorp.com/dow...ekBrochure.pdf

More he
http://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/safety/infrared.asp
http://www.infra-red.com/icecat.php

http://www.infra-red.com/icecat.php

Neat idea. I wonder about how skilled the boom operator must be to
avoid smashing that thing into the aircraft, though.

I think that's one main advantage of deicing spray -- it doesn't take
any real skill to do it. This is always a good thing when you're
talking about an essentially undesirable job.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

They were talking about installing one of these at Kalamazoo:
http://www.radiantenergycorp.com/dow...ekBrochure.pdf

What is the maximum cross-wind component one of those will withstand
before it blows over?