On Dec 24, 4:10*pm, Adrian wrote:
On 2010-12-24, tim quoted:

# There are over 60 vehicles
# Heathrow has storage for 500,000 litres of de-icing fluid
Each de-icing vehicle can hold a massive 60,000 litres

Hmm... the sums don't really make sense.

Adrian
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According to the snow plan there are only 11 things with de-icer in
the title and from the numbers there only the biggest two can take
20,000 ltr and most of the rest are much smaller.

RX09BCE Scania De-icer 20000L spray bar20 MetresDe-icer 5 ATS
RX09BCF Scania De-icer 20000L spray bar20 MetresDe-icer 4 ATS
RK 03 PVA Scania De-icer 5000L Spray Bars 15MetresDe-icer 2 ATS
Trailer Rolba De-icer 12000L Spray Bars21 MetresN/A ATS
RX09BCK Scania De-icer 8000L Combi Twin DiscDe-icer 3 ATS
RX06BZV Scania De-icer 8000L Combi TwinDiscClearway 3/6De-Icer 1 ATS
M 454 UTM DAF De-icer 8000L Combi TwinDiscClearway 3/6Gritter 1 ATS
1233 Trailer De-icer 600 N/A ASD
1236 Trailer De-icer 600 N/A ASD
1237 Trailer De-icer 600 N/A ASD
1238 Trailer De-icer 600 N/A ASD