§ Mr. L. Smithasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the present experimental nature of the various devices for preventing ice formation on aeroplanes, he can state what advice is given by his Department to private flyers and to operators of commercial aircraft in this country?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MuirheadThe following three publications have recently been issued on the subject of ice accretion on aircraft:
- (1) Notice to Airmen No. 205 of 1937, which warns pilots of the possibility of their controls becoming jammed and mentions a particular case of this trouble together with the methods employed in overcoming it.
- (2) Notice to Airmen No. 221 of 1937, which notifies the system to be employed for reporting by wireless or on landing
1435 that icing conditions are being encountered and states that the Meteorological Office broadcasts all warnings received of ice accretion conditions. - (3) Ice Accretion on Aircraft, Notes for Pilots, a pamphlet which has just been published by the Meteorological Office and which contains an explanation of the process of ice formation together with advice on how to navigate aircraft to avoid dangerous ice formation and information regarding the warnings of ice accretion which are issued by the Meteorological Office.