Launch was from a conventional runway, and recovery was either by returning to the runway or by parachute.

Its stated goals were to achieve low operational costs, improved flight safety, and a possibility of landing on conventional runways.

Its first flight was from a conventional runway on 4 September 1972.

He saw a large passenger jet coming in from the west, flying parallel with them toward the conventional runway atop the barrier wall.

In at least one case (Orland), large portions of a landing mat were removed, leaving a conventional runway and ramp.

An amphibious aircraft can take off and land both on conventional runways and water.

The plane, one of only 14 in the world, can land on wheels on a conventional runway or on skis on the ice.

It would operate from conventional runways, with its weight distributed over 38 fuselage-mounted landing gears with 76 wheels.

It was capable of taking off and landing unassisted on conventional runways.

This time he showed his movie-star evening dresses on a conventional runway, and they looked like period pieces.