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floatplane
or float plane
[ floht-pleyn ]
/ ˈfloʊtˌpleɪn /
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noun Aeronautics.
a seaplane having landing gear consisting of one or more floats.
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How to use floatplane in a sentence
It begins with a floatplane that departs from the hamlet of Port Alsworth and drops you deep inside Katmai, landing wherever the pilot can safely touch down.
Come Travel with Outside on These Adventures of a Lifetime|jversteegh|October 4, 2021|Outside OnlineThe flight to Metlakatla, where she’d be meeting patients in person, was her first floatplane ride and her first trip off the road system.
In Alaska, Commercial Aviation Is a Lifeline. The State Is Also Home to a Growing Share of the Country’s Deadly Crashes.|by Zoë Sobel, KUCB, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica|June 16, 2021|ProPublica