Warbird Museums and operations on grass

Tom H · **Posted:** Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:05 pm

Looking for information on any Museums or similar operations that currently operate on grass

I know about M.A.M and Genesso but are there others operating up to DC-4 size on the grass?

Tom

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:32 pm

EAA operates some aircraft on the grass from Pioneer Airport behind the museum.

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

http://www.shuttleworth.org/

Nothing DC-4 sized, I think the largest aircraft they've had land there was a DH Heron

Duxford operates B-17s off the grass on occasion during the airshows there.

Baldeagle · **Posted:** Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:43 pm

Well, Fantasy of Flight.....

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Iclo · **Posted:** Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:09 pm

La Ferté-Alais in France: only one grass runway. Their B17 only landed one time (for its final landing) but they operated their others planes from there

Tom H · **Posted:** Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:59 pm

Thanks for the input.

Our museum is looking hard at a second location as a flying site so I am looking for information on long term operations on grass to try and learn from.

Tom

Iclo · **Posted:** Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:57 am

What are the warbirds who cannot operate from grass field ? I heard about B-24 and B-29. Others known ?

Fearless Tower · **Joined:** Thu May 26, 2011 5:14 pm **Posts:** 365

Jerry Yagen's Virginia Military Aviation Museum in VA Beach is an all grass field and they operate a B-17 (Chuckie) among other heavy warbirds.

JimH · **Posted:** Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:21 am

We've flown out of Kermit's place with the 24 and 17...they landed a Connie there as well.

JH

Jerry O'Neill · **Posted:** Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:28 am

Lots of T-28 owners don't like operating on grass. Biggest trouble is with aircraft with nose wheels.

k5083 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:34 am

Kermit's place is really a grass veneer on top of a hard surface though isn't it?

August

DH82EH · **Posted:** Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:26 pm

http://www.goldenageair.org

These folks have posted in the Vintage aviation section of this forum. They are on a lovely grass field.

Andy Scott

Baldeagle · **Posted:** Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:20 pm

k5083 wrote:

Kermit's place is really a grass veneer on top of a hard surface though isn't it?

August

Maybe not a hard surface as such, but it does have some kind of special substrate. My understanding is that the long runway was built to handle the B-29. I was working for Kermit when he bought the property, and I remember walking around amongst the cows and Kermit dreaming about what would go where.

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