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Old 30th May 2010, 18:45
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Genghis the Engineer
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Let's see:

Take-off
Runway 31, length 425m + 190m starter extension = 615.
Cessna 152, standard take-off distance 410m. x 1.1 grass factor x 1.33 safety factor = 600m.
600m <625m.

Slightly marginal, but okay so long as you use all of the runway starter extension.

Landing
Runway 31, length 425m, but no landing extension.
Cessna 152, standard landing distance 366m x 1.1 grass factor x 1.43 safety factor = 575m.

425m<<575m !!

If flying out to land somewhere else, yes. If planning a routine landing onto 31 at Shoreham - NO.

Yes, of-course, an experienced pilot who knows their aeroplane should be fine, but anything goes wrong and the insurance company, (other) aircraft owners and AAIB will be less than polite about it - so why do you need to?

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