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Nearby was a private airstrip with a hangar and helipad.
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Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Shared on YouTube on February 11, the recording shows the eVTOL unmanned aerial system (UAS) carrying out a hover test on an open airstrip.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
In June, when the state transformed the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport airstrip in the middle of Big Cypress National Preserve, FEMA had estimated that each detainee bed would cost $245 per day, for a total of $450 annually.
—Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
This 2004 shingled contemporary has a heated six-car garage readily convertible into an event space, as well as an airstrip, Lake Champlain frontage, and a guest apartment.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 Jan. 2026
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Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Shared on YouTube on February 11, the recording shows the eVTOL unmanned aerial system (UAS) carrying out a hover test on an open airstrip.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
In June, when the state transformed the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport airstrip in the middle of Big Cypress National Preserve, FEMA had estimated that each detainee bed would cost $245 per day, for a total of $450 annually.
—Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
This 2004 shingled contemporary has a heated six-car garage readily convertible into an event space, as well as an airstrip, Lake Champlain frontage, and a guest apartment.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airstrip. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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airstrip
noun
air·strip
-ˌstrip 
: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment
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