floatplane in English

noun
1
an aircraft equipped with floats for landing on water; a seaplane.
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.

Use "floatplane" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "floatplane" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "floatplane", or refer to the context using the word "floatplane" in the English Dictionary.

1. K5Y2 Floatplane version, with Amakaze 11 engine.

2. kg for an amphibian or floatplane/helicopter single-seater; or

3. (iv) 495 kg for an amphibian or floatplane two seater, provided that, where operating both as a floatplane and as a land plane, it falls below both MTOM limits, as appropriate.

4. The Northrop N-3PB Nomad was a single-engined American floatplane of the 1940s.

5. The British Admiralty ordered the Short Admiralty Type 81 biplane floatplane as a reconnaissance aircraft.

6. Flight operations started in 1938 with a single floatplane of the type Waco YKS-7.

7. The CANT Z.506 Airone (Italian: Heron) was a triple-engine floatplane produced by CANT from 1935.

8. On 12 August 1915, a Royal Naval Air Service Short 184 floatplane torpedo bomber sank a Turkish merchantman in the Sea of Marmara.

9. Propeller aircraft A turboprop-engined DeHavilland Twin Otter adapted as a floatplane Propeller aircraft use one or more propellers (Airscrews) to create thrust in a forward direction

10. The Reid Flying Submarine (RFS- was a true mongrel, constructed by Reid in his spare time using leftover parts from other aircraft and, like Ushakov's design, it was a floatplane.

11. Witnesses said a Taquan Air floatplane “Cartwheeled” after the tip of its float caught the seawater as it landed in Metlakatla on Monday, causing a crash that killed the pilot and the

12. It is reachable by passenger ferry (the Lady of the Lake), by private boat from Chelan, by foot over Cascade Pass, by floatplane, or by small aircraft via a turf airstrip open from June through September.