flying field
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flying field
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The Airport fire first ignited Sept. 9 off Trabuco Creek Road near the RC flying field and had grown to 23,519 acres as of Friday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024
On the broad flying field alongside the Niagara Falls plant of Bell Aircraft Corp., a queer-looking new thing appeared last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
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That evening he wrote in his journal: "I felt I could take it down from its cables, carry it to some flying field, and feel perfectly at home in that cockpit again."
From Time Magazine Archive
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At Anacostia the Navy got 35 planes off to Hampton Roads before the flying field went under.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Holt consolidated the parcels and sold them to the federal government for the flying field and laboratory.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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