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Old June 19th 06, 05:26 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default How to land on a grass airstrip

In article .com,
wrote:

Dave Stadt wrote:

It certainly is not. Turf in no way implies soft field. I'm beginning to
understand why so many pilots go comatose at the thought of landing on grass
when in fact it is much more forgiving than hard surface.



Thanks to both you and Matt but what do you mean by grass being more
forgiving than a hard surface? I'm no pilot but I think that if one of
your reversers deploys just a touch later than the other, you'd be in
greater trouble on grass. There'd also probably be increased chances of
debris ingestion when reversing. And if you want to kick after touching
down in a crab, you might want a hard surface underneath.

Others here might hold a different view on this.

Ramapriya


What reversers? We are talking about light, General Aviation airplanes
here, not big jets! We have brakes, flaps, propellers, etc.