How To Use Floatplane In A Sentence
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We took a floatplane to the trail head. Our taciturn guide pointed out that it was this robust aircraft that had helped to open up the wilderness in the Fifties.
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When Alan Cobham delivered a Moth floatplane in the US, an agreement for production in America was reached.
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Earlier this month, Luna surfaced in the path of an oncoming floatplane.
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A floatplane will take you from South America's second-largest lake, Lago General Carrera, and deposit you for ten days of sea kayaking on a remote chain of five aqua-blue lakes surrounded by towering peaks in central Patagonia.
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Your guides will have familiarized themselves with the river from a floatplane 200 feet above, so exercise patience when they shepherd you to the bank while scouting gnarly rapids.
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A floatplane from Cordova has a smooth saltwater landing strip to the beach, with stony, pine-covered cliffs rising up on either side.
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Skim a floatplane along the mirrored surface of a secluded mountain lake.
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Suddenly, with a roar of seemingly new-found energy, the floatplane pulled free from the water and climbed rapidly.
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On page 57 of the March 2004 issue, I noticed a photograph credited to Oliver Philips which shows the wreckage of a Fairchild 24 floatplane.
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As you bank over Washington's Hood Canal in a floatplane, you realize just how far 37 air miles have brought you.
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Some range into Alaska and the Yukon, where thick carpets of morels grow in burns accessible only by helicopter, floatplane, or river raft.
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His expertise has given the Centaur four exceptional advantages over conventional seaplanes and launches the floatplane into the 21st Century.
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There have been numerous complaints of the orca rubbing against vessels and floatplanes and there is a growing concern that his behaviour may escalate aggressively.
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A little over one hour earlier, the floatplane had left Islandia, Peru, on the Amazon River and was en route to the group's mission base in Iquitos.
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‘You can't go and rent floatplanes anymore, but I know everybody all over the country who does float training.’
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The floatplane bobbed at anchor, its colours more vivid, unbleached.
THE LAST RAVEN
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A tiny floatplane carries us for about an hour to a desolate, grassy, mosquito-ridden beach called Nunavachak.
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After flying to the edge of the world, the floatplane touched down gently on a still mountain lake on the eastern boundary of Alaska's 700,000-acre Copper River Delta.
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After some thought, the Navy gave up the idea of retractable gear and instead specified that the aircraft would be floatplanes but could be converted to land gear in a short period of time.
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Your guides will have familiarized themselves with the river from a floatplane 200 feet above, so exercise patience when they shepherd you to the bank while scouting gnarly rapids.
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The floatplane was a hundred yards away, but it might as well have been ten miles.
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In 1994 Day began offering bear-viewing day trips using a chartered floatplane.
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Day's tours have become so popular that two years ago she bought her own Dehavilland Otter floatplane.
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Whether it's a floatplane running into the docks or simply keeping everyone happy, there's never a dull moment.
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Hulled seaplane or floatplane makes no difference; the practical test is the same for both.
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I noticed the photograph of the Fleet floatplane on page 62 of the November 2004 issue.
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The floatplane was a hundred yards away, but it might as well have been ten miles.
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