Warbird Museums and operations on grass

[Tom H]

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]

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

[Mike]

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]

Well, Fantasy of Flight.....




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[Iclo]

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]

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]

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

[Fearless Tower]

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]

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

JH

[Jerry O'Neill]

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

[k5083]

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

August

[DH82EH]

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]

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.