Ice station Winnipeg

• Autores: Paul Marks
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2947, 2013, págs. 26-27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • To check whether jet engines can survive a bird strike, manufacturers famously fire oven-ready chickens into them. But it doesn't end there: aircraft also have to be able to cope with the freezing conditions that can hit at any stage of a flight. A particular photograph showing General Electric's aviation division blows ice-laden, frigid gales through its engines to make sure they can weather ice is presented.