ready room

a room in which members of an aircrew await their orders for takeoff.

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Alone in the ready-room was a soldier in the uniform of Abaria.
Quest of the Golden Ape|Ivar Jorgensen
The colonel stopped talking and let his eyes wander about the Ready-Room again.
Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal|Robert Sydney Bowen
All pilots assigned to special duty will go below for breakfast, and then report to the Ready-Room for briefing!
Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal|Robert Sydney Bowen
All of you are to report to the Ready-Room, on the hangar deck, at five o'clock this afternoon.
Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal|Robert Sydney Bowen

And together they made their way to the Ready-Room on the hangar deck.
Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal|Robert Sydney Bowen