Chris G. wrote:

3) A misconception I had was that you performed EITHER a soft-field
landing OR a short-field landing, but not a COMBINATION of the two.
Realize that if you land at an airstrip that is rough, but hard, you may
want to still use soft-field techniques. If it is short, but soft,
combine short- AND soft- field techniques.

Absolutely. You do what is needed for the circumstances at hand. If a
strip is both short and soft, then you need to use both techniques.
What originally gave you the idea that you shouldn't combine the two
techniques? My primary instructor had me practice the combination often
as many soft fields are also short fields.


Matt