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
The task force pounded away, and from Wake's new oil stores, ammunition dumps and flying field buildings, smoke began to billow.
From Time Magazine Archive
He ticks off his appointments efficiently, keeps on working while lunching with his key men in the Lockheed dining room overlooking the flying field.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus time was gained in which His Majesty visited numerous industrial plants and later the great Tempelhofer flying field.
From Time Magazine Archive
“He’ll try to thread a needle with a horse as the flying field turns down the last bend for home, and you must salute him for his courage, if not his judgment.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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