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hardstanding — noun Date: 1944 chiefly British hardstand; also parking lot … New Collegiate Dictionary
hardstanding — n. (British usage) parking lot; solid or paved surface for parking a plane, hardstand … English contemporary dictionary
hardstanding — noun Brit. ground surfaced with a hard material for parking vehicles on … English new terms dictionary
hardstanding — /hadˈstændɪŋ/ (say hahd standing) noun an area of ground levelled, compacted and possibly sealed to enable it to support vehicles or heavy machinery …
hardstanding — noun see hardstand … Useful english dictionary
hardstand — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun also hardstanding ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ : a hard surfaced area (as at an airfield) for parking an airplane * * * /hahrd stand /, n. a hard surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked. Also, hardstanding /hahrd stan… … Useful english dictionary
Stonehouse, Plymouth — East Stonehouse is one of three towns that were amalgamated into modern day Plymouth. West Stonehouse was a village that is within the current Mount Edgcumbe Country Park in Cornwall. It was destroyed by the French in 1350.The terminology used in … Wikipedia
Short Sunderland — infobox Aircraft name = Sunderland type = Military flying boat manufacturer = Short Brothers caption = designer = first flight = 16 October 1937 introduced = 1938 retired = 1967 status = primary user = Royal Air Force more users = French Navy… … Wikipedia
RAF Elvington — located at Elvington, south east of York in Yorkshire was the only airfield in the United Kingdom used by the remainder of the Free French Forces, flying Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers, during World War II. After the war the 400 acre airfield … Wikipedia
RAF Nutts Corner — was a Royal Air Force station in County Antrim near Belfast. It was originally a civil airfield, then a military base and subsequently Northern Ireland s main civil airport until the 1960s.During World War II it was an important Coastal Command… … Wikipedia
