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floatplane
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float·plane  (fltpln)
n.
An airplane equipped with one or more floats for landing on or taking off from a body of water.
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Noun1.floatplanefloatplane - a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water
pontoon plane
hydroplane, seaplane - an airplane that can land on or take off from water; "the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane"


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On 3 July, the battleship Colorado (BB 45) and her three catapult-launched O3U-3 Corsair floatplanes left Pearl Harbor for Howland.
Searching for Amelia by Beheim, Eric / Naval Aviation News
During the Second World War, Norseman floatplanes were used extensively by the Allied Forces for a variety of utility missions.
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Nazi Germany fielded an active maritime air force equipped with a wide array of floatplanes and flying boats.
Goss, Chris, with Bernd Rauchbach. Luftwaffe Seaplanes 1939-1945 by Mersky, Peter B. / Naval Aviation News
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