floatplane
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of floatplane
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Osinski and his colleagues flew in by floatplane, but the aircraft could not make it all the way to shore.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
On Tuesday, just hours after the second flood of historic proportions, I took a ride in a de Havilland Beaver floatplane to tour over the glacier with my family.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2024
The man who died Friday when a floatplane crashed into Lake Sammamish has been identified as Anthony Jurcan, an owner of the plane.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
Jay Todhunter, chief pilot with Kenmore Air, which runs a much bigger floatplane operation than Friday Harbor Seaplanes, described the Otter as “a great airplane to fly.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
This week his job was escorting a violent juvenile offender first from Minneapolis to Seattle, then to Ketchikan, Alaska, where they boarded a big silver floatplane to the Tlingit village of Drake.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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