ICING CONDITIONS TO ORDER AT HIGH ALTITUDE.—A converted Canberra bomber ejecting 900 gallons of water to demonstrate a method of fabricating icing conditions at high altitudes. The demonstration was given at the British Ministry of Technology’s secret weapons establishment in southern England. This method has been worked out mainly to test the de-icing equipment of the Concorde, the British-French supersonic airliner, during test flights. The bomber, flying at speeds approaching that of sound, will spray the Concorde, flying close astern. In the freezing temperature at high altitude, the Concorde will quickly be covered with ice.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31866, 19 December 1968, Page 17
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95ICING CONDITIONS TO ORDER AT HIGH ALTITUDE.—A converted Canberra bomber ejecting 900 gallons of water to demonstrate a method of fabricating icing conditions at high altitudes. The demonstration was given at the British Ministry of Technology’s secret weapons establishment in southern England. This method has been worked out mainly to test the de-icing equipment of the Concorde, the British-French supersonic airliner, during test flights. The bomber, flying at speeds approaching that of sound, will spray the Concorde, flying close astern. In the freezing temperature at high altitude, the Concorde will quickly be covered with ice. Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31866, 19 December 1968, Page 17
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