joyhop
noun 1verb 1
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2JOYHOP + NOUN
california
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in, on
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noun
1
A flight taken for pleasure.
He was ready to demonstrate it last month when his test pilot, Marshall S. ("Maury") Boggs, who had made innumerable blind landings, crashed to death in broad daylight on a joyhop in California.
Compared to making both ends of the country meet back in those days, flying the “Hump” was just a joyhop.
verb
1
To fly for pleasure.
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He was ready to demonstrate it last month when his test pilot, Marshall S. ("Maury") Boggs, who had made innumerable blind landings, crashed to death in broad daylight on a joyhop in California.
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Compared to making both ends of the country meet back in those days, flying the “Hump” was just a joyhop.
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