Originally Posted by
Pearly White
Having done lots of landings on grassed runways I can confirm that's a massive difference between a well-used grass runway and the "rough" grassed areas alongside it that hasn't seen traffic since the last time it got slashed. The grass is usually longer - sometimes much longer - and you can't see rabbit holes, swampy bits, drainage culverts, roos or even sheep sometimes. In peacetime I'd pick the hard stuff every time. The fact the surface was wet was an absolute bonus. I hope someone had a cup of tea ready for old mate who executed a textbook landing after putting another, what - 3.5 hours in the logs, burning off fuel?
Channel 7, struggling with accuracy suggested the Pilot was dumping fuel for 3.5 hours? Cannot recall the King Air having that capability??