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Old June 19th 06, 05:23 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default How to land on a grass airstrip

NOTAMS are often not available or are badly out of date.
Grass runways will be NOTAM L and not distributed out of the
local area or included in a briefing unless you demand that
the be checked.


"george" wrote in message
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| Jose wrote:
| You are the second person who can't distinguish
between a grass strip and a soft field.
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| Yanno, a grass strip should be treated as a soft field
unless you know
| otherwise. An unfamiliar grass strip can hide problems
that an
| unfamiliar asphalt strip would not.
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| We have NOTAMS for that sort of information
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