Dave S wrote:

To all the other naysayers and nit pickers, its not like im advocating
setting down in a pasture dodging cows and ant-hills, or on a beach.. or
on an unmaintained back-country gravel road.. I'm talking about a well
constructed and maintained grass runway at a FAA registered airport..

It's actually kind of sad, dylan, the instructor's comments that you
have on tape... He was likely the latest in a generation of flight
instructors who have never operated off grass, trained by someone who
had never flown off of grass, and likely never in a tailwheel either.

It's a shame.
Dave

Agreed. I've flown with a few of these "new" instructors and it is
really sad how little they really know about the full range of flying.

I flew once circuit years ago in a Tomahawk with a young CFI who had
heard too many Traumahawk stories. He had me not rotate until 70 knots
and maintain 90 all the way around the pattern until nearly touchdown.
He was absolutely paranoid about stalling it.

After one circuit I politely told him that his style wasn't working for
me and we called it a day.

Matt