Airplanes and Ice: The Travails of Winter Flying

Everything you need to know about icing, deicing, and the perils of winter flying. As another winter storm bears down, about the last place you'd want to be is headed out to the airport. Delays and cancellations pile up, causing a ripple effect clear across the country and beyond. But what is it, exactly, about winter weather that wreaks such havoc for air travel? And the lessons we learned the hard way from Air Florida, American Eagle and USAir. (www.boston.com) Mehr...