If you have a big field of grass, you can always land into
the wind. The British used such fields for the narrow gear
on the Spitfire. It is also harder to bomb the runway when
it is 2,000 foot by 2,000 or bigger.


"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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| "drclive" wrote in message
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| Can anybody point out a good bibliography or article
that describes the
| differences in landing on a grass airstrip for the first
time, tips and
| advices? Thanks
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| One difference which almost bit me in the derrierre' when
I was a new pilot
| is that a grass strip doesn't have a nice painted
centerline or even runway
| edges to give you an indication that you're pointed in
more or less the
| right direction. I had an experience where I drifted well
off-line on
| takeoff from a grass strip and was more or less oblivious
to the problem
| until I nearly collected the tree which defined the narrow
point of the
| strip.
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| Since then, I've done a much better job of lining up on
grass fields and
| picking an object at the end of the field to use as an aim
point.
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| KB
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