flight strip

noun

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

flight strip

noun

1. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft
2. another name for runway
3. a strip of continuous aerial photographs

Word History and Origins

Origin of flight strip¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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Related Words

• air base
• airfield
• airstrip