flight strip
Example Sentences
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It is a flight strip about one mile long, paved with steel mats laid on gravel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beyond the flight strip, on both sides, are low, scrub-covered hills.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Fifteen or 20 miles over water is daunting in daylight," says Joe Orlando, an Essex pilot who met Kennedy on the flight strip a few months ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
The feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
Runways led out to a wide flight strip.
From A Yankee Flier Over Berlin by Laune, Paul
