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Always Have an Out: The SLD Incident

Photographic Logbook

Living among the Great Lakes means that the weather risks that I find most concerning cycle with the seasons; icing when it's cold, thunderstorms when it's hot. Both were immediately on board, but the weather was not. When Mike provided my tail number, the lineman said, "Oh, he literally just landed." Photo by Mike K.

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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. Provide PIREPs to assist other pilots and enhance weather forecasting.