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Wallpaper format: 800 | 1024 | 1152 | 1280 | Send as Postcard Airline / Aircraft Location and Date Photographer Continental Connection (Commutair) DeHavilland Canada DHC-8-202Q Dash 8 Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, March 19, 2010 Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes N368PH (cn 512) Heading out for departure on a nice March afternoon, you can easily see the reinforced fuselage panels in the prop-line to help protect the aircraft from ice and other debris which may be thrown by the props.

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Chuck Slusarczyk Jr.	March 21, 2010 at 02:58AM	Rating: 9
Thanks for that wrench...I often wondered how much protection that would really offer. Ice/FOD protection makes so much more sense!

wrench4fred	March 21, 2010 at 01:31AM	Rating: 10
The reinforced panel that you are referring to is for ice protection , both impact from the blades shedding ice and acoustically from the noise of the ice impacting the fuselage. It will not protect if a blade were to separate.

JasonY	March 20, 2010 at 10:50PM	Rating: 9
Nice shot. If a prop were to fail in that direction would that "reinforcement" really make a difference? Keep em' coming Chuck, you've been putting up some good stuff.

Richard Lee	March 20, 2010 at 10:47PM	Rating: 10
I never noticed that..Is the window on that panel any thicker?