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Recent Examples of helipadThe ambulances transported him to a local hospital's helipad before he was airlifted by a medical helicopter to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition, the press release explains.—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025 By the end of June 2024, TBN had spent more than $100 million on Merit Street, which included building out and expanding studio facilities and office space — and a helipad — in Fort Worth, Texas, for McGraw’s use, according to the lawsuit.—Todd Spangler, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025 After receiving a message from Prater to meet at a secret location, Dexter arrived to a helipad, where Rapunzel showed face shortly after.—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2025 It’s loaded with amenities, with six decks, eight staterooms, a private cinema, infinity pool and helipad.—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for helipad
Smith, of Palo Cedro, was on board Reach 5, the Airbus H130 that crashed shortly after takeoff from the UC Davis Medical Center heliport on Monday evening.
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Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
The helicopter, paid for by Harris, was late taking off from the Millenium Downtown heliport (as Gelitin found out through staying in contact via a cache of clunky cellphones).
Reduced staffing levels, on top of more staff taking sick leave, has meant many airports are experiencing significant delays as there are not enough air traffic controllers to ensure the safety of air travel at all times.
Meanwhile, Heathrow Airport was first opened as a small airfield in 1930, becoming a larger travel hub — and eventually, London's primary and largest airport — in the years following World War II.
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Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
Engineers say the aircraft could take off from 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) semi-prepared runways, even carrying its full payload, allowing deployment from remote or rugged airfields.
The book’s version of these particular events takes place in the 1930s with a focus on a younger Will Hanlon, who was described on the page as serving in the army on the Derry-adjacent air base.
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Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Oct. 2025
The group, which aims to disrupt the operations of weapons manufacturers supplying the Israeli government, was proscribed after two of its activists broke into Britain’s largest air base and damaged two military aircraft.
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