Why winter weather is the most detrimental for flying.
The cold temperatures of places like Colorado are often accompanied by strong weather patterns that carry high winds. Alongside the winds can be freezing rain or large snowflakes, both of which can be difficult to deal with in an aircraft. For aircraft, two things are very important, being able to generate lift, and having a way, either visually or by instrument, to navigate the aircraft safely. Winter weather can inhibit both of these along with other undesired conditions. To start off, freezing rain and snow are both water, which can introduce a variety of situations. This means that two dangerous conditions can occur during flight, flameout and icing. A flameout can occur when an engine ingests too much water or when sufficient icing in the engine occurs during operation, this "puts out" the engine and requires a restart, which may or may not be successful. Depending on when this occurs it can be very dangerous as an aircraft is very limited on what it can perform during