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Windshield Care: Clean and Repel Rain

I never made a landing in rain until after I had my private pilot ticket-Id never even thought about what it would be like flying final at 60 knots while peering through a fuzzy windshield, trying to sort out lining up with the runway and the flare. My first landing in rain (light) wasnt fun. Not having a windshield wiper didnt make sense. As I gained experience, I sort of figured out how to deal with rain on the windshield when landing, but the results often werent pretty.

Rick Durden
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I never made a landing in rain until after I had my private pilot ticket—I’d never even thought about what it would be like flying final at 60 knots while peering through a fuzzy windshield, trying to sort out lining up with the runway and the flare. My first landing in rain (light) wasn’t fun. Not having a windshield wiper didn’t make sense. As I gained experience, I sort of figured out how to deal with rain on the windshield when landing, but the results often weren’t pretty.

Rick Durden

Senior Editor Rick Durden has written for Aviation Consumer since 1994 and specializes in aviation law. Rick is an active CFII and holds an ATP with type ratings in the Douglas DC-3 and Cessna Citation. He is the author of The Thinking Pilot’s Flight Manual or, How to Survive Flying Little Airplanes and Have a Ball Doing It, Vols. 1 & 2.