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Old 20th Mar 2003, 12:23
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Grass runway ! not in a twin !

It would seem that a growing number of people who own twins are refusing to let them take off or land on grass runways I have to ask if this is a realistic precaution or a new type of aviation snobbery.

At a local airfield I have seen twins landing on the hard surface with the crosswind at its limits rather than land into wind , it would seem that it is thought preferable to land faster and impose maxamum permited side loads on the landing gear rather than land about 15 or so KT slower and not impose any side load on the landing gear.

I could see the reluctance to land on very rough grass runways for reasons of prop clearance but I can see few other reasons for not using the grass in a twin.
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