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
Perfect Brett and Tiffany go in a floatplane and then Brett surprises Tiffany with framed photos he took of her.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
Of the 23 fatal civil floatplane accidents listed, 19 were in North America and caused 70 deaths.
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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