1) Aircraft with pontoons 2) Hydroplane 3) Pontoon plane 4) Seaplane 5) Versatile aircraft
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A floatplane (float plane or pontoon plane) is a type of seaplane, with one or more slender pontoons (known as `floats`) mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy. By contrast, a flying boat uses its fuselage for buoyancy. Either type of seaplane may also have landing gear suitable for land, making the vehicle an amphibious aircraft. ==Floa.....
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A water-based aircraft with one or more mounted pontoons, as differentiated from a hulled SEAPLANE [Flying Boat], but often used generically.
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(from the article `seaplane`) any of a class of aircraft that can land, float, and take off on water. Seaplanes with boatlike hulls are also known as flying boats, those with ... A few aircraft use skis or other structures to allow takeoff from or landing in water. These include floatplanes, which are fitted with pontoons for ... [2 ...
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n] - a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water
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pontoon plane noun a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water
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A water-based aircraft with one or more mounted pontoons, as differentiated from a hulled SEAPLANE [Flying Boat], but often used generically.
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a seaplane having landing gear consisting of one or more floats.
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