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Does CO Still Use Their Deicing Structure At EWR?

Cory6188 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2686 posts, RR: 6
Posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2146 times:

Watching the news in our area regarding all the snow with them showing occasional pictures of area airports and all of the delays, I began to wonder about that structure that CO has at EWR. I know that it was built by them to deice planes up to 757 size and that it works by using infrared rays to heat up the skin of the aircraft (correct me if I'm wrong). However, I haven't heard anything about it recently. Is it still used? Is it cheaper to use than deicing fluid? I'm sure someone that works for CO would have the answer to this.

It's the structure behind the plane in this pic:

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COEWR777 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 428 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2134 times:

My dad works for Co and he says they still use it theres 3 spots " the ball park", " Secondary" and " The pup tent".

Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33
Reply 2, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2124 times:

Do they use it when there are passengers in the plane? That must be a pretty cool experience. Smile

Harry

Why grab a Heine when you can grab a Busch?

COEWR777 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 428 posts, RR: 1
Reply 3, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2115 times:

They only use " secondary" which is right before they get on the runway its the one where the old tower was located.

STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16320 posts, RR: 52
Reply 4, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2089 times:

In January '02 my flight to Cancun (#1933?) taxied into the tent, the Captain explained the process which took about 10 minutes. The aircraft was a 737-900,

http://www.radiantenergycorp.com/

Eastern Air lines flt # 701, EWR-MCO Boeing 757

JFKLGANYC From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2706 posts, RR: 5
Reply 5, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2041 times:

Wasn't the Port Authority supposed to build one at JFK for this season? What happened with that?

PJ

Iluv747400 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 369 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1983 times:

I was on a flight from EWR to MSP in December 2003 that used the "tent."

FLY777UAL From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4510 posts, RR: 3
Reply 7, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1982 times:

How much does the system cost?

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Cory6188 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2686 posts, RR: 6
Reply 8, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1957 times:

Is CO the only airline that uses the structure, considering the fact that they paid for it, or do they allow other airlines to use it on a fee-per-use basis?

STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16320 posts, RR: 52
Reply 9, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1857 times:

I've only seen CO aircraft using the Radiant heat "tent", all the other airlines use their ground contractor for de-icing (ie. Signature Aviation).

Eastern Air lines flt # 701, EWR-MCO Boeing 757

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