How to take off and land from grass runways (video tip)
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Most of your flight training has likely occurred on a long paved runway as you continue improving your normal takeoff and landing skills. The runway length is likely two or three times longer than the performance charts require, providing plenty of extra margin as you build experience.
A new skill you’ll learn during flight training is how to achieve the maximum performance from the airplane by operating from what is referred to as a “soft-field”, which will most likely come in the form of a grass runway. It’s also a technique that can be used on other types of surfaces, such as a snow-covered runway.
This video clip below is from Sporty’s Private Pilot Learn to Fly Course.
As Sporty’s lead aviation course and video producer, Bret is usually flying an interesting airplane, and often with a camera rolling. He oversees the development, production and distribution of over 30 aviation courses from Sporty's, including the Private Pilot Learn to Fly Course. He is a flight instructor and check airman at the Sporty's Academy flight school and a senior captain on a Cessna Citation.
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