Cub Driver wrote:

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:59:16 -0700, unicate wrote:


it is a safety
precaution, because their runway is only 1900 feet long.


Now THAT is short! I find it a bit difficult to imagine a flight
school operating from such a runway, or that the airport would not ban
T&G's on its own, quite apart from the danger to students.

That isn't short at all. I learned at an airport with 1899' of runway
with trees across one end and that was plenty for all but the hottest
days in a 150. For a 172, it was a piece of cake.


My home airport is 2600 feet, and I have met 172 drivers who refuse to
land there because they aren't STOL equipped!

I can believe that. If they were 172 pilots rather than "drivers", they
would have had no problem. At N38 where I learned to fly, we often had
commercial pilots come in and abort their landing and go elsewhere due
to the almost constant crosswinds, especially in winter. And this while
we had primary students merrily flying T&Gs in the pattern. :-)

Always brought a smile to Dick's face.

Matt