On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:28:24 GMT, "Mike" wrote:

Naturally unmaintained paved
runways are a problem too, but there aren't as many.

Actually, I find it just the opposite. I know of three grass runways,
all of them smooth as could be. And the two paved runways I most often
fly to are terribly rough. Indeed, one of them is blacklisted by the
home airfield because it's too hard on tailwheels.

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