Seaplane

That aside, the deployment of the seaplane was the answer Kessler had hoped for. ❋ Maxim, John R. (1997)

The seaplane is the chief contribution of Glenn Hammond Curtiss to aviation, and the Navy Curtiss Number Four, which made the first transatlantic flight in history, was designed by him. ❋ Holland Thompson (1906)

The seaplane is a joyful thing to behold up close, nuts and bolts emulating the rivets found in real aircraft panels. ❋ Harry De Quetteville (2011)

Mrs. Clausen had expressed some anxiety about the weather, because they would be flying to the lake up north in a small plane; it was some kind of seaplane, or what Doris had called a floatplane. ❋ Irving, John, 1942- (2001)

A fourth seaplane had dropped out of the project, and two went down at sea during the journey with no loss of life, leaving Lt. Elmer Stone to become "first across" with a stop in the Azores, when he settled his NC-4 onto Lisbon harbor. ❋ Dan Ford (2011)

The journey back to Dhaka in our seaplane took 50 minutes. ❋ Mary Robinson (2011)

Travelling by seaplane to Koyra, in the delta area of Bangladesh, was the equivalent of a journey some years into the future, when the devastating effects of climate change will be an accepted reality worldwide. ❋ Mary Robinson (2011)

Next day, an hour's seaplane ride from Sydney winged us to lunch at Jane's home overlooking the Pacific in upscale Palm Beach, less stuffy than the Florida namesake and a fascinating taste of Aussie suburban life. ❋ Lea Lane (2011)

But I do suggest chartering a helicopter or seaplane to get here. ❋ Lea Lane (2011)

Loch Lomond Seaplanes , Europe's first city-center seaplane service. ❋ Lea Lane (2011)

We took another small trip in our seaplane, to the immense excitement and pleasure of the crowds of children and villagers who saw us off and a similar group crowded around when we landed again in the water 10 kilometers away! ❋ Mary Robinson (2011)

Many tourists arrive at those islands direct from the airport by speedboat or seaplane. ❋ Tom Wright (2012)

Charter the seaplane and you could choose to picnic on the best salmon in the world on the shores of an isolated loch, or maybe fly over the craggy Cuillins and the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye. ❋ Lea Lane (2011)

I didn't argue when I learned that she'd booked a seaplane to fly us back to the mainland. ❋ Tommy Chong (2011)

Flying in a piloted seaplane, compared to, say, a G4, is like carpooling in a VW after racing a Maybach flat-out on the autobahn. ❋ Lea Lane (2011)

The FAA said the airspace above the Hudson should be divided into clear corridors that would separate aircraft flying over the river from those operating to and from local heliports or seaplane bases. ❋ Sean Gardiner (2011)