Originally Posted by
SASless
My Army EOL training used both pavement and unpaved landing areas....but the standard was the same....one skid length ground slide maximum to receive a passing grade on the maneuver.
Exactly! The surface should not matter from a grading standpoint.
Indeed, training this standard to pavement is not only safer, but represents a greater challenge to the student because the lower coefficient of friction on pavement means you actually have to have a lower groundspeed at touchdown.