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: airstrip
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The primary landing strip in Denali National Park-built by the elder Sheldon to facilitate explorations with Washburn-is a half-mile from Sheldon Chalet.
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Brussels tower flashed the emergency signal, and fire trucks and ambulances began rolling down the landing strip.
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The primary landing strip in Denali National Park-built by the elder Sheldon to facilitate explorations with Washburn-is a half-mile from Sheldon Chalet.
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At the Kennedy Space Center, spouses and children of the astronauts were gathered from the landing strip after the accident and taken to a secluded location.
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The primary landing strip in Denali National Park-built by the elder Sheldon to facilitate explorations with Washburn-is a half-mile from Sheldon Chalet.
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Baltimore’s airport, known as Harbor Field, replaced a primitive landing strip at Logan Field in Dundalk.
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The plane, which carried 48 occupants, was found to be nearly 2,000 feet off the normal touchdown point and skidded off the landing strip at about 45 miles per hour, according to details released by the NTSB in June.
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The small Arctic Ocean community of Utqiagvik, on the northern coast of Alaska, is used to polar bears, caribou, and even musk ox visiting their landing strip; however, this is the first time a seal has ever made an appearance.
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First Known Use of landing strip
1930
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