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Big issue with light airplanes is you can't fly through serious inclement weather as it'll cause dangerous icing conditions that the big Boeing/Airbus type airc
by griffinkelly 6y ago
Big issue with light airplanes is you can't fly through serious inclement weather as it'll cause dangerous icing conditions that the big Boeing/Airbus type aircraft can. Some light aircraft have deicing or anti-icing, but its pretty rare.
- TylerE 6y agoThis is totally incorrect. Icing isn't even in the top 10. In the sort of conditions wher le icing is likely, VFR pilots will lose orientation and fly it into the ground (or a mountain) way before they ice up.
- griffinkelly 6y agoThat's an issue of pilot error, not a difference in the physical airplane.
- travisjungroth 6y agoIn 2016, there was one icing related crash in general aviation and no fatalities.
- griffinkelly 6y agoHaving flown into icing conditions in both airplanes with and without deicing, I can say this is the largest differentiation in my personal comfort level in an airplane.