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  • Certain U.S. airlines expect pilots to divert whenever there is a problem establishing communication with an airfield's tower.

    Decisions by Pilots to Land Criticized Andy Pasztor 2011

  • Almut Schoenfeld Nowadays, the airfield's arrivals and departures hall, left, is largely empty, with only a handful of flights coming in and out each day.

    Now Arriving at Tempelhof… 2008

  • The airfield's there, and the growth approaches it.

    CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2007 2007

  • Glenn Dennis -- he worked at a Roswell funeral home and says someone claiming to be the airfield's mortuary officer called to ask him about small caskets.

    CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2003 2003

  • She could see the wide runway was not flat, as she'd supposed, but sloped in a shallow fall towards more trees and the airfield's main buildings behind her.

    Bottled Spider Gardner, John 2002

  • 'No thanks, I'll stay on the ground', but in his home airfield's echoing hangar Kris had introduced me to a mechanic who understood the relationship between loose screws and sudden death.

    Second Wind Francis, Dick 1999

  • With a sharp inspection of his watch, and a grumble about a lot of time wasted, Kris climbed forward into the captain's seat and, looking relieved not to have to answer more questions, finished his pre-take off checks by winding his altimeter needle to zero to give the home airfield's present air pressure, which at sea level read 1002 on the millibar scale.

    Second Wind Francis, Dick 1999

  • In addition to the R1. 4 million purchase cost the airfield's annual running costs were estimated at R202000 and another R400000 would be needed to upgrade the runway and other facilities.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • Several groups of grenadiers that Ernst.had commandeered were employed to secure the airfield, as were the airfield's antiaircraft guns, which were now a part of Battle Group Ernst. Ernst.was especially concerned about the nearby prisoner of war camp, which housed about thirty thousand Russians.

    Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992

  • Off they went and were soon sitting round a little table in the airfield's restaurant.

    The Secret Mountain Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1965

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