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Icing Awareness in IFR Flying: How to Stay Safe in Winter Weather

Pilot Institute

If you’re flying IFR in winter weather, icing is a threat you have to actively prepare for. If you can understand the conditions that lead to icing and know how to react when it happens, you’ll keep yourself ahead of the harsh weather. Listen to Air Traffic Control (ATC) advisories about icing conditions.

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Challenger 300 Fatal Upset Wasn’t Turbulence

Fear of Landing

This was quickly picked up by the mainstream media and, for the next few weeks, news and oped articles focused on the ongoing issues of changing weather patterns and increased turbulence. First officer : And I’ll give [air traffic control] a call. This accident stood out as fatalities are very rare.