wheels-up

It taxied down the empty runway and was wheels-up, sailing west into the sky, by 6:15 A.M.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

It taxied down the empty runway and was wheels-up, sailing west into the sky, by 6:15 A.M.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

“Yes, sir, let me make a few calls, work up a flight plan, and with the help of the Good Lord and clear skies we could be wheels-up as soon as fifteen hundred hours.”

EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010

President Obama will be wheels-up to Louisiana in a little bit.

Obama on the Gulf Coast, take three 2010

“Yes, sir, let me make a few calls, work up a flight plan, and with the help of the Good Lord and clear skies we could be wheels-up as soon as fifteen hundred hours.”

EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010

It taxied down the empty runway and was wheels-up, sailing west into the sky, by 6:15 A.M.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

“Yes, sir, let me make a few calls, work up a flight plan, and with the help of the Good Lord and clear skies we could be wheels-up as soon as fifteen hundred hours.”

EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010

But if there isn't one announced by the time Clinton is wheels-up on August 5, it will be a difficult argument to make ― more than 6 months after the inauguration and still no one in the job ― that development is really a priority.

Todd Moss: What Can Africa Hope for During Clinton Visit? 2009

But if there isn't one announced by the time Clinton is wheels-up on August 5, it will be a difficult argument to make ― more than 6 months after the inauguration and still no one in the job ― that development is really a priority.

Todd Moss: What can Africa Hope for During Clinton Visit? 2009

As it happened, the next morning I had to fly to San Antonio about an hour before John was wheels-up for Seattle, so it all tied together pretty well.

Cheeseburger Gothic » The McKinney Ranch Hoedown. 2009