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Old June 27th 08, 12:21 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Kyle Boatright
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Default Unpaved Landing areas


"gatt" wrote in message
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Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
On Jun 26, 1:19 pm, gatt wrote:

How often do you get to land or take off from something other than a
paved runway?

Hardly ever. Insurance policies increasingly prohibit it.


Ah...that is part of the problem and why? Lack of experience on the
parts of the instructors who train pilots to operate of such strips?


Maybe, I don't know. I did quite a few grass-strip landings with my
instructor during primary training. It wasn't until after I started
renting from various FBOs that I ran into the "no soft-field landings"
policy.


Is "no soft fields" the same as "no unpaved fields"? I could make a good
argument that it isn't.

-c