flight strip

American  

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.

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flight strip British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of flight strip

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

It is a flight strip about one mile long, paved with steel mats laid on gravel.

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

Beyond the flight strip, on both sides, are low, scrub-covered hills.

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

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

From A Yankee Flier in Italy by Montgomery, Rutherford George

Related Words

• air base
• airfield
• airstrip