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pickaback plane

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noun

  1. a powered airplane designed to be carried aloft by another airplane and released in flight.

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The pickaback plane, or "Short-Mayo Composite Aircraft," consists of two seaplanes�a small, swift, long-range ship securely locked on the back of a big short-range "mother" flying boat.

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