Instrument Rating Course: 4.1.2 - Icing

Welcome back to Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course!
In this lesson, Mike Thompson covers one of the most critical topics in instrument flying — aircraft icing. Understanding how and where ice forms on an aircraft is essential for every instrument-rated pilot to maintain safety and performance during IFR operations.

You’ll learn about the conditions that cause icing, the different types of aircraft ice, and how each affects aerodynamic efficiency and control. Mike also reviews AC 91-74, discusses tailplane icing, and explains the crucial differences between anti-ice and de-ice systems.

By the end of this video, you’ll know how to identify icing conditions, recognize their effects, and use proper techniques to prevent or recover from icing encounters safely and effectively.

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📘 Video Chapters

0:00 – Introduction
0:30 – Ice
0:45 – Icing Conditions
1:00 – Where and How Ice Forms
1:25 – Types of Icing
2:30 – AC 91-74
6:26 – Adverse Effects to Flight
9:30 – Tailplane Icing
10:50 – Inadvertent Icing Encounters
11:41 – Anti-Ice vs De-Ice Systems
16:08 – Summary

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This course is taught by Epic Flight Academy's own Mike Thompson. Mike Thompson is the author of "Telling Is Not Teaching", which promotes the idea that the “new school” of teaching that embraces electronic technology cannot sacrifice the “old school” of human relationships because the human brain stills learns in largely the same way that it has for millennia.

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