Aircraft Icing Handbook

The contents of this Handbook speak compellingly of the need for continuing research and development of technological safeguards for ground operations and flight in icing conditions. But improved equipment, and even improved operating procedures, do not in themselves guarantee safety. They must be applied with understanding. Pilots, air traffic controllers, ground crews and dispatchers must be fully knowledgeable about the effects of icing.

This Handbook, developed mainly from the Flight Safety Digest is dedicated to helping educate all personnel associated with flight operations in icing conditions. This is not the last word on the subject; nothing could be, because research and experience create new issues and insights. As a whole, this Handbook offers a sobering reminder that in this aspect of aviation, there can be no such thing as too much vigilance.