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Definition of Floatplane
1. Noun. A seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water.
Definition of Floatplane
1. Noun. A seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Floatplane
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floatplane
Literary usage of Floatplane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gilbratar Sabotage: A Peter Kent Story by John Gunn (2006)
""floatplane hit and on fire! Coming in for another run!!" The Admiral smacked
his right fist into the ... floatplane hit the sea in flames. Am circling. ..."
2. Advanced Guide Canada's Atlantic Provinces by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Stillman Rogers (2005)
"For more information on this trip, as well as suggestions for competent guides
and floatplane pilots, contact Newfoundland Canoeing Association, ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2001)
"... you out in a floatplane for a flyby of the glaciers, including a water landing
at Columbia. ..."
4. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush, Edward Salisbury Dana (1885)
"... and scaly-massive; II.. — .">; rarely transparent, usually opaque ; sometimes
falling to powder on drying in the air. • 12. floatplane (Quartz ..."
5. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"To get there, you board a floatplane in downtown Juneau; the flight out is about
45 minutes, and there are great views of icefields and a good chance of ..."
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