"Matt Whiting" wrote in
"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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"Happy Dog" wrote in
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But I suspect that the majority of instructors would classify
a turf landing as a soft field landing.

Not I, and I have been CFIing since 1970.


Interesting.

Not all that interesting really. This is likely true of 99% of the flight
instructors out there, and has been true of 100% of those I've flown with.
I'd say this is simply expected, which doesn't make it all that
interesting. :-)

Well, it's interesting to me since my training was different. I was taught
to treat turf landings like soft field landings. The reason given was that
it reduces stress on the oleo from bumpy terrain and mostly eliminates the
obvious dangers associated with holes in the ground. I don't recall the
performance landings I had to do on either of my tests (PPL & CPL) but, like
most people, they were done using simulated conditions. (The runway has a
row of trees at the 2000' point. The runway is covered with six inches of
snow. Etc.) It looks like my training differed from yours. I'm going to
ask a couple of respected DFTEs I know what they would like to hear as an
answer. Maybe it's different in Canada.

moo