Flight Deck Tail Torque 
Flying Magazine
JULY 22, 2025
The big change in the AX is the avionics suite, with an upgrade to the Garmin G1000 NXi integrated flight deck, including Autothrottle and Autoland. The deicing boots seem to mate so smoothly with the wings and tail that the only way to tell where that happens is that they are different colors.
Fear of Landing
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Flying in clouds of cold and warm fronts can lead to very small supercooled water droplets which build up as rime ice on the parts of the aircraft exposed to the wind: probes, antennas, and the leading edges of the wings and tail. In a turboprop like the ATR, it’s not practical to offer constant protection.
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