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Ken said that when the plane finally stopped on that tiny landing strip, its nose was 2 feet from the water.
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Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Photos posted to the department's Facebook page show the small aircraft sitting among the trees alongside the landing strip.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
Just after the war, as part of Operation Nanook, the Americans expanded the existing installation with a gravel landing strip as part of an upgrade to a new and larger weather station.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
Only two people survived after the 15-year-old 737-800 Boeing plane run by Jeju Air skidded across the landing strip without landing gear and crashed into a concrete barrier containing antennas, bursting into flames.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Photos posted to the department's Facebook page show the small aircraft sitting among the trees alongside the landing strip.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
Just after the war, as part of Operation Nanook, the Americans expanded the existing installation with a gravel landing strip as part of an upgrade to a new and larger weather station.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
Only two people survived after the 15-year-old 737-800 Boeing plane run by Jeju Air skidded across the landing strip without landing gear and crashed into a concrete barrier containing antennas, bursting into flames.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Landing strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing%20strip. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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