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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
seaplane airplane designed to take off from and alight on water. The two most common types are the floatplane, whose fuselage is supported by struts attached to two or more pontoon floats, and the flying boat, whose boat-hull fuselage is constructed with the buoyancy and strength necessary to land and float on water. Amphibians may be of either of these types with the addition of landing gear, enabling them to take off from and alight on either land or water. The first practical seaplane was constructed and flown by the American Glenn H. Curtiss in 1911. The seaplane developed rapidly in the... Read more
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World Encyclopedia seaplane Aircraft that can land on and take off from water. The first practical seaplane was built in the USA by Glenn H. Curtiss, and flown in 1911. There are two main types of seaplane. Floatplanes have large floats that support the fuselage... Read more
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ...take off on water. The first practical seaplanes were built and flown in 1911–12...Curtiss , who developed both the float seaplane, essentially a land plane with pontoons...amphibian aircraft. By the late 1920s seaplanes held the speed and range records for... Read more

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Adventure, freedom bind seaplane pilots ; Maine has few restrictions on the aircraft and plenty of hard-to- reach places for the planes to visit.
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Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/24/2001; ; 700+ words ; Seaplanes make a splash at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh By MEG JONES...24, 2001 Oshkosh -- It's not enough to be an aviator, seaplane pilots must be sailors, too. Their runway is fluid, not...traffic control tower or landing lights -- just the way seaplane pilots like it. "We don't fly to an airport" said ... Read more
Plan to link remote communities with revival of seaplane service
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After 50 years, seaplanes return to Britain
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 11/7/2004; ; 403 words ; t More than 50 years since scheduled seaplanes last flew over Britain, consigned to...to take off once again. A commercial seaplane operator has launched an ambitious bid...permission last week for Loch Lomond Seaplanes to begin test flights for a scheduled... Read more
Some Lake Murray, S.C., Homeowners Seek Restrictions on Seaplanes.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 6/8/1999; ; 581 words ; ...homeowners at Lake Murray are seeking to stop seaplanes from using the waterway as a runway. There are too many homes now at the lake for seaplanes to come and go safely, say residents...neighborhoods are near the site of a seaplane crash May 30, the second in 15 months... Read more
QLD: Randy croc sinks seaplane
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 6/5/2000; 220 words ; ...Australia) 06-05-2000 QLD: Randy croc sinks seaplane BRISBANE, June 5 AAP - A randy crocodile sank a seaplane when it tried to mate with the plane's...north Queensland said today the empty seaplane's crew were stunned when they watched... Read more
Water way to travel as seaplane takes off
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 8/21/2007; 353 words ; Europe's first city-centre seaplane service, which will fly between Oban...travelling times. It is the first seaplane service for the city in 63 years...red plane, operated by Loch Lomond Seaplanes, set off from a pontoon next to Glasgow... Read more
Carrier launches seaplane shuttle to New York City. (Shoreline Aviation Inc. offers chartered air service from Bridgeport, Connecticut to Manhattan, New York)
Magazine article from: Fairfield County Business Journal; 10/7/1991; 497 words ; ...in Bridgeport to lower Manhattan by seaplane, but there were few passengers aboard...terminal, arriving at the 23rd Street seaplane marina on Manhattan's East River in about 25 minutes. The seaplanes are owned by Shoreline Aviation Inc... Read more
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Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 3/14/2002; 267 words ; ...the initiative to cease discussion of a seaplane base in Lincoln should be taken for what...did a study on the impact of proposed seaplane operations on lakes. It stands as one...unbiased reports available. It found that seaplanes have little to no environmental impact... Read more
Career odyssey has uplifting outcome ; Mary Build was 47 when she decided she 'just had to fly.' Now she operates Naples Seaplane Service and is a flight instructor.
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 5/29/2008; ; 494 words ; ...had to fly.' Now she operates Naples Seaplane Service and is a flight instructor. Byline...flying planes. Build now operates Naples Seaplane Service Inc., offering flight instruction...out that I wanted to be a commercial seaplane charter pilot," she said. Build looked... Read more

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