airdrome

• “However, within a few days we took over the Bofors from the army on Maleme airdrome.”

  Thomas Hawksworth

• “As for this particular airdrome, this is a joint civil and military aerodrome.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Russian Aviation Agency Official, Interview Excerpts

• “She guided the airplane in a wide, screaming circle over the airdrome, just to get a feel for the craft.”

  Fictionaut: The Green-Eyed Shwemyethna

• “The German Air Force had built a big airdrome outside of Mannheim where a fighter wing had been based, back in the days when the Third Reich had an effective air defense system.”

  Fictionaut: The Green-Eyed Shwemyethna

• “Its airdrome could handle a thousand planes, and its well-protected harbor could easily shelter the entire Japanese navy.”

  Simon & Schuster: Into the Rising Sun

• ““I saw a large airdrome with a six-thousand-foot runway and a lone jet approaching the field from the south at 500 feet,” Chuck Yeager described his only victory over a Me 262.”

  Simon & Schuster: Masters of the Air

• “Out of the mists of dawn a 36-ship formation of Messerschmitt-109 fighters, with a large bomb slung beneath each glistening green and gray belly, swept low over the farm as they assembled from a near-by airdrome, staggering slowly under the great load.”

  Simon & Schuster: Masters of the Air

• “The main hangar, in the center of the airdrome, contained barrels of gasoline.”

  Simon & Schuster: Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs

• “The first time, disguised as a shepherd, I approached the northwest part of the airdrome with a flock; the second, I hid in the garden of a house very close to the east side of the airdrome; the third time, I approached by sea in a canoe, pretending to fish.”

  Simon & Schuster: Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs

• “From this personal observation, I made certain of the following: in the northwest section of the airdrome, there was an abandoned glider.”

  Simon & Schuster: Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs

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