floatplane
IPA: fɫˈoʊtpɫeɪn
noun
- A seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water.
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Examples of "floatplane" in Sentences
- At least one was configured as a floatplane.
- Dornier set about designing a Dornier floatplane.
- The island is only accessible by floatplane or boat.
- The only access to the island is by boat or floatplane.
- Flying his red floatplane, he is the best in the business.
- The aircraft was available as a land plane and a floatplane.
- All Ahousaht reserves are accessible only by boat or floatplane.
- Emergency services have highway, airport, and floatplane access.
- The area is accessible only by floatplane, snowmobile or four-wheeler.
- The wilderness community reachable only by boat, floatplane or on foot.
- The floatplane configuration of the Kingfisher explains the surprising height.
- Gasoline powered motors and floatplane landings are not permitted on the lake.
- Now, sometimes she takes the family Piper Cub floatplane, which is older than anyone in her family.
- The nine people aboard the Piper Navajo and the four in the Cessna 206 floatplane had no idea they were about to collide in the passage.
- Alaska is huge you really need to fly over in a bush or floatplane at a couple K feet to get an idea of how much ground you have to cover.
- One day in July, she flew in a floatplane to the summer "spirit camp" at an ancient Russian trading settlement on Nuchek Island near Prince William Sound.
- The near-tragedy occurred Sunday afternoon as a Piper Navajo and Cessna 206 floatplane were flying directly toward each other in Lake Clark Pass — a narrow river valley that runs between Anchorage mountains.
- Midway buffs love to ponder the matter of the floatplane tardily launched from the Japanese cruiser Tone on the morning of June 4—part of a pattern of seven search aircraft fanning out from Nagumo's force as the opposing carrier fleets moved toward first contact.
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