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Article: Airfield turf management.
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- Flying Safety
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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If your work environment happens to include a runway, you more than likely have had more than your share of questions regarding grass, or more correctly, turf management. Rest assured, von are not alone: Most airfield managers regard turf maintenance as a royal pain in the posterior.
Actually, turf, or other forms of cover, is necessary and provides a vital function to the airfield. Turf grass keeps dust and other blowing grit away from engine intakes. Most importantly, turf protects paved surfaces by keeping dirt along the runways/taxiways and other paved surfaces around aircraft movement areas from being blown away by repeated jet blast.
All that ...