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flight strip

noun

Aeronautics.
1. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft.
2. runway.
a series of continuous aerial reconnaissance photographs.

flight strip

First recorded in 1935–40

There was nothing but the green slope of the hill and the smooth runways leading to the flight strip.

Stan was well up now where he could look down on the flight strip below.

Tony and Arno helped them wheel the Nardis out on the flight strip.

Arno led them to a spot where there was a narrow flight strip.

Glancing at his flight orders, O'Malley moved leisurely out to the flight strip designated.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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