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Old October 27th 07, 08:16 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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Default landing a 737 on a grass strip

James Sleeman wrote in
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On Oct 27, 6:33 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
don't make a dent in the nation's air traffic. Nobody is landing 737s
on grass strips.


Yes, they are.

I've done it.


Do tell. It'd have to be a pretty hard packed grass strip I'd have
thought?



Yeah, it was. The airplane had low floatation tires, a gravel shield around
the nosewheel and vortex killers under the engines. It was a -15 powered
200.


I won't say where, but there is a lot of oil there...

Bertie