Grass Air Fields

[Slade]

I have been watching the British drama series called Foyles War.  It is based in WWII England.  It has a good and fairly accurate account of WWII air engagements as a side story.  One thing is clear that I never considered...there were a lot of air fields that were just simple fields with grass air strips.

I wonder if we could have a few of these in the country sides as there were in WWII?

BTW, check out that series.  Covers much of the behind the scenes goings on for the RAF and Lufwaffe during that time.  I think most in here would really like it.

[Coalcat1]

+1!

[Tinkles]

I have been watching the British drama series called Foyles War.  It is based in WWII England.  It has a good and fairly accurate account of WWII air engagements as a side story.  One thing is clear that I never considered...there were a lot of air fields that were just simple fields with grass air strips.

I wonder if we could have a few of these in the country sides as there were in WWII?

BTW, check out that series.  Covers much of the behind the scenes goings on for the RAF and Lufwaffe during that time.  I think most in here would really like it.

+1 

I nominate some of the small airfields we have on current maps to be 're-designed' to grass fields. And also some new ones to be created between medium/long-distance bases, that are sometimes unique to certain maps.   Hmm.. I don't have names of fields memorized, it's the one where A19 and A1 is always a battle (coastline scenery). 

[tuba515]

+1

[mthrockmor]

Which birds typically worked from grass strips? Yes on the LA, Spits, Bfs and Fws. No on B-17s, P47s, etc?

Could be fun, make for a more dynamic fight

[Saxman]

Didn't they say that the new terrain engine would have these sorts of fields as an option (IE crushed coral, grass, dirt, pierced-steel-planking, etc)?

[Oldman731]

I wonder if we could have a few of these in the country sides as there were in WWII?

I think some of the current AvA maps have grass fields.  I know that Kanntori's last Finland map had them.

- oldman

[lunatic1]

dude if you want to land and take off on grass fields-just drive off runway,then take off--land on grass then drive onto runway---simple

plus a very simular wish for grass runways has been posted before...

[CASHEW]

dude if you want to land and take off on grass fields-just drive off runway,then take off--land on grass then drive onto runway---simple

plus a very simular wish for grass runways has been posted before...

Whats thee issue sir?

[Butcher]

dude if you want to land and take off on grass fields-just drive off runway,then take off--land on grass then drive onto runway---simple

plus a very simular wish for grass runways has been posted before...

I remember taking off in an FSO with what I thought was a grass runway, it wasn't a runway, and there was a  ton of grass; mean while the poor admin got blown apart by people who didn't pull UP enough and plowed into the trees at the end.

/are we talking about something different? grass/concrete whats the difference

[lunatic1]

Whats thee issue sir?

not really an issue-- i just don't see what  the difference is taking off on grass or concrete--alot of times i land short on the grass to get to rearm pad faster---if field is being attacked/vulched i take off from main hanger across the grass..i just think time and resources better spent on what the game really needs--and i'm not really sure anymore what that is.

[save]

everyone who have been flying off from winter fields knows how important concrete it , to keep operations running,
When snow melts way grass air-strips are hazardous

+1