FAA Proposes Changes To Icing Standards

By Frances Fiorino

Manufacturers of transport aircraft would be required to demonstrate that an aircraft certified to operate in icing conditions could safely operate in a “supercooled large drops” environment under a new rule proposed June 29 by FAA expanding icing certification standards.

Powerplants and other aircraft components, such as angle-of-attack and airspeed indicators, also would be required ...

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