Sentence examples for In the airstrip from inspiring English sources

In 1995, during my research for a biography I was writing about Che, a retired Bolivian army general broke the silence and told me about the secret burial in the airstrip.

They responded by ordering Komori to hold his positions, though his force was awarded two Imperial citations in recognition of its supposed success in defending the airstrip.

ETOSHA PANS/LITTLE ONGAVA "We've had lions in the parking lot only once this year," I'm told on the way in from the airstrip, "and a leopard at room three drinking from the pool".

By seven o'clock, sixty helicopters were perched in formation on the airstrip, with seven men assembled in a silent group beside each one.

Some members of the air force joined the protests in Quito, blocking the airstrip at the international airport and preventing planes from landing or taking off.

But renovations in 2009 made the airstrip safer and made it possible for larger aircraft to land.

We opted to stay in the mainly residential area near the airstrip in a quirky, three-storey house called Sandcastle.

But there were choke points in getting aid to the needy, including the fact that the airstrip in Jeremie is unable to accommodate large cargo planes and only operates in the daytime. .

Landing in heavy fog, the plane touched down in the middle of the airstrip, skidded out of control and scudded into the Sobat River, the Government said.

The workers said they were concerned that the airstrip in the area, surrounded by steep hills, might become inaccessible.

Amelia Earhart and Charles A. Lindbergh, the aviation pioneers,used the airstrip in its early years.