Radio Hangar explores Antique Airfield, India Alpha Two Seven, Blakesburg, Iowa, and the Labor Day Fly-In Where the Antique Airplane Association Keeps Em Flying on a Grass Strip in the Middle of a Cornfield.
Inside Antique Airfield in Blakesburg, Iowa, where the grass runway, radio-silent pattern, and 'Keep the Antiques Flying' culture keep vintage aircraft alive.
Gaston's White River Resort (3M0) is a legendary grass-strip fly-in on the White River in Arkansas where you park under a walnut tree steps from fresh trout.
Master soft-field takeoffs and landings by understanding ground effect - the aerodynamic principle that makes the technique work on grass, gravel, and wet surfaces.