PC-24 lands on UK grass runway
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Well the BAe 125, which it so closely resembles, did it all the time. And not just grass, other unprepared surfaces, too. I was at the Festival of Speed yesterday, but it was not in the static park.
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Qantas were doing the same with the 125 30 years ago, when they used it as a crew trainer.
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That video clearly shows that the aircraft settles very low on it's landing gear, with the main wheels immediately ahead of the inboard sections of the flaps. I suspect that the flaps would quickly become well 'worn' with the regular clattering of gravel and sand that would accompany such operations.
