dropping zone
drop zone

United still need the points to pull clear of the dropping zone.

What fool would build a fire in a dropping zone?

But their surprise attack depended on darkness up to the time they arrived over the dropping zones.

This mission was hindered by poor weather and the correct dropping zone could not be identified.

The aircraft were still dropping the canisters as we came near to the dropping zone.

Like other pathfinders north of the railway line, they were marking out the landing and dropping zones.

The planes carrying the pathfinders, the men who would light the dropping zones for the airborne troops, had already left.

Then enemy fighters appeared, firing on the formations and strafing the new supply dropping zones.

The adjacent former airfield at East Boldre was used as a dropping zone.

Without fighter escort and doggedly holding course, the unwavering formations released supplies on the old dropping zones.

"They showed us everything --the dropping zones, the corridor, the objectives, even the names of the divisions involved.

'I'll give you exactly thirty minutes' warning before we shove you out over the dropping zone.'

The big landowner of the region, the Earl of Devonshire, arranged for food and other necessities to be left at dropping zones.

Some devices used by SOE were designed specifically to guide aircraft to landing strips and dropping zones.

These were the pathfinders, the men who were to light the dropping zones for the paratroopers and glider-borne infantry that were soon to follow.

There were also quite a few small grass airstrips suitable for light aircraft, as dropping zones for parachuted supplies, and for helicopters.

The next stage of the course consists of a parachute descent from a balloon at the dropping zone at Weston-on-the-Green.

In the first weeks, she bicycled through the country lanes looking for possible landing and dropping zones, and building up contacts who would be prepared to help her.

Stream take-offs by the Hercules and Centaurus-powered aircraft are followed by film of the aircraft en route to the dropping zone.

Our dropping zone was a holding school near Horsham, where the Bardsea agents had been incarcerated for months, waiting for D-Day.

To keep the support of the partisans, he promised supply of arms and provisions by air, a promise that was impossible to keep through lack of suitable dropping zones.

One problem with normal car launching in light winds is that any poor steering on the part of the pilot results in the parachute dropping outside the normal dropping zone.

The advance party's objective was to contact the local French resistance, carry out a reconnaissance of the area, identify targets for an attack and locate a suitable dropping zone for the main force.

The supply dropping zones had been overrun by the enemy, and although intensive efforts were made to divert the 163-plane mission to a new area south of the Hartenstein Hotel, the effort failed.

At Oosterbeek, the Germans had used British marker panels and flares to attract the aircraft to their positions and the aircraft were unable to distinguish the exact dropping zones.

They were still two hours away from the drop zone.

It's all over for him, and now he'll have to go back to the drop zone.

Gathered around the drop zone were children from several local schools.

United still need the points to pull clear of the dropping zone.

Current drop zones are quite large; 600 yards or more.

"They want a special team to secure a drop zone at last light tomorrow?"

At the start of the round there is only one drop zone active.

From the drop zone, he spun another ball into the water.

The van and the drop zone were less than a mile away.

What fool would build a fire in a dropping zone?

Odd things seemed to be happening all over the drop zones.

Several possible drop zones had been marked for the team to choose from.

He was certain that the drop zones were too far from the bridge to effect surprise.

"We'll be over the drop zone in three hundred seconds."

"On the way to the drop zone we will stop at the village.

Go to a local drop zone for more information.

Then his wedge shot from the drop zone spun back into the water.

In spite of that, all drop zones around the country followed the rule.

This is usually set at a distance from where all the participants should be able to fly back to the drop zone.

German forces were already moving in to cover the intended drop zones.

"And who will provide security for the drop zone?"

They think the airport runway is too close to the proposed drop zones.

The drop zone was first established in the early 1990s.

From the fifth question onward, there are always five drop zones.

After ten questions, all four contestants enter the drop zone ahead of them.