landing field

Example Sentences

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But just as a scene begins to flatten, an aircraft crashes into a tree or flips cleanly onto its back on a landing field, instantly reviving the narrative.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2022

During his term on the council, Kanno helped lead the early push for the creation of Mile Square Park, now a sprawling regional park that was built on a naval landing field.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2017

Day of the fliers' return to the U. S., "Cissie" Patterson's sprightly Washington Times appeared on the streets with a four-column, front-page picture purporting to show the plane on the landing field in Minneapolis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vivona's jet was hit by flying debris, but he managed to put down on an emergency landing field six miles away.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unfortunately the landing field had become a sea of mud because there has been nothing but rain, rain, rain for the past week, all over France I think.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein