landing lights
Example Sentences
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He directed his wingman to fire his remaining rounds along the patrol team’s eastern flank while he fired along its western flank using his Cobra’s landing lights to draw the enemy’s attention.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
Ironically, the likely cause of the fire was a Department of Defence helicopter after one of its landing lights created enough heat to accidentally set the grass on fire, which quickly spread out of control.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2020
One of the planes on the taxiway went so far as to turn on its landing lights as the Air Canada jet got closer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2017
Many people think it looks like distant jetliner with brilliant landing lights.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2016
It was semidark, not long before dawn, and planes were regularly taking off and landing, their landing lights sweeping the runways, or their wing and tail lights blinking in the sky.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
