Well, first time I've seen this! Blooming cold alright....

[Zeeflyboy]

Couple of pics from the other day, the snow is nothing new obviously but I've never seen a bona fide icicle hanging of the TAT probe before...

You see the snow on the wing? Notice how there's none on the inboard slats? It all slid off on my head as I walked underneath lol.... the timing was absolutely perfect :svengo:

Is it this bad in the UK at the moment?

[LaurenceGough]

No snow where I am, a bit cold - cold enough for ice in the mornings at least.

[Scotvar]

This picture was taken in December 2010 from Newcastle airport. I know it's a year or so old but it very much reminds me of your one. We were the only flight that took off that day from Newcastle and I was not impressed as I was dragged away from my leave to go to a seminar in Germany!
Even when we boarded the plane I was confident that it wouldn't take off as the snow kept lying on the run way as quick as they could clear it. Naturally the crazy dutch pilot had other ideas and I don't think he fancied spending a night in Newcastle!! We taxied to the runway where he assured us he would "give it a shot!". First time when the plane powered up on the runway it yawed really badly and I thought I was going to get another night in my own bed but alas, the second time powering up was a lot more successful and I made my seminar on time :frown:

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[discoferret]

No snow here either but ive just checked thermometer in the garden and its reading -7c

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[AcidDrink]

Mets say snow is coming tomorrow. It's quite cold at the moment, -4 celsius.

Did you take off on that day?

[muscleflex]

what's a TAT probe?

[Zeeflyboy]

Yeah we took off, after waiting about an hour for the de-icing truck...

The TAT probe is the thing with the icicle hanging off it :congratulatory:

Lol, it's a total air temp probe.... Basically a fancy thermometer, but necessary for computing static air temp and thus true airspeed and for knowing just how cold it really is without ram rise and so on!

[SaneAdam]

A pitot tube i believe they are called. Frozen pitot tube is what brought down the air france plane in South America recently

[Zeeflyboy]

It's not, it's a TAT probe... The pitot tubes are higher up and out of pic.

[SaneAdam]

Oh i see. Pitot tubes are used to manage true airspeed, might be why i got confused

[Zeeflyboy]

Yes and no, pitot tubes measure IAS - indicated airspeed.... you can't measure true airspeed directly, it needs to be computed.

The pitot tubes are longer and thinner

EDIT - here's what a pitot looks like

[Planehazza]

Sorry, gotta laugh at your misfortune of it falling off as you walked underneath! :D

[Zeeflyboy]

You're not the only one, captain saw it and nearly wet himself.....