ATR Plans New De-Icing Flight Tests At Edwards AFB

ATR said yesterday it will flight test its ATR-72 twin turboprop again, beginning Saturday, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., under severe icing conditions, this time with the expanded de-icing boot it developed in response to the Oct. 31 crash of an American Eagle ATR-72 in Indiana. The new boot...

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