Plus one for Blue Ridge sport flight, I did his combined PP/Instrument course back in 2018, real nice guy and knows his stuff.Not a flight school but a great instructor and a nice grass field with a couple of airplanes for various types of training. Beautiful location:
Blue Ridge Sport Flight
Learn to fly at Hendersonville Airport with one of the areas most experienced instructors. Specializing in tailwheel training in a 1946 Aeronca Champ. Private Pilot, Instrument, Commercial, CFI, and ATP training in our fleet of 7 aircraft.blueridgesportflight.com
Plus one for Blue Ridge sport flight, I did his combined PP/Instrument course back in 2018, real nice guy and knows his stuff.
Didn't even land on pavement until 20 hours in lol.
This is right up the road from me. I’ll definitely reach out....train at a grass strip airport...
Skyranch Airport (TN98)
www.skyranchairport.org
When I was a CFI, our flight school owners absolutely refused to allow us to show PPL students a real grass field even once. It was a real shame as we had a long, safe grass strip just 20nm away.I think it’s borderline negligent to sign off a Private Pilot applicant with only simulated soft field experience.
https://chesapeakesportpilot.com/ has been training at 3W3 while W29 has been getting repaved.I am looking for a flight school that allows grass strip landings or train at a grass strip airport. Post location, independent cfi and/or school name. Thank you
https://chesapeakesportpilot.com/ has been training at 3W3 while W29 has been getting repavef
Wet spring conditions? Usually tires not an issue but leaves in the tailwheel springs could be a dead giveaway!When I was a CFI, our flight school owners absolutely refused to allow us to show PPL students a real grass field even once. It was a real shame as we had a long, safe grass strip just 20nm away.
Fortunately the office manager would keep an eye out for grass-stained tires and remind us to go "wash the tires" before the owners got there.
Completely contrary to my experience - unless wickedly dry and rutted, grass is smooth and forgiving, whereas pavement is much less so. You can’t tickle the tires with pavement as you gently set her down. And you can’t flat a tire on grass when a student lands with the brakes on.Shannon Airport KEZF in Fredericksburg VA has a grass runway and a paved runway. JLS Aviation has a flight school there. Most of the techniques you use on grass can and will be taught on pavement because it is easier on the airframe, then transition to grass is a minor change. Hope this helps.
Are there no grass strips within a reasonable distance? A student’s long crosscountry might include one of those.
Probably even if they don’t actually operate from a soft field.BTW a pilot will never truly understand the nuances of the ACS required soft field take off and landing if it's only done on a paved runway.
Don't disagree. But feeling the resistance of even slightly long grass shows the need to get up in ground effect if you ever want to accelerate. Also if there are low spots, they better get the idea of why you don't stop when you're taxiing. It's been an eye opener to my students when comparing the same technique on paved runways and taxiways.Probably even if they don’t actually operate from a soft field.