How to Use floatplane in a Sentence

floatplane

noun

• As the hum of the floatplane faded into the distance, the solitude began to sink in.
  — Marlena Sloss, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Oct. 2021
• The only floatplane at the dock appeared to be a small private Cessna.
  — Martha Bellisle and Manuel Valdes, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2022
• To get here, guests either drive rugged logging roads or fly in by floatplane.
  — Hilary Nangle, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2023
• In 1942, a Japanese floatplane flew over the coast and dropped a bomb, which exploded and left a small crater.
  — oregonlive, 3 June 2021
• At least 8 people were killed in May when three floatplanes crashed in Alaska with cruise line tourists on board.
  — Ben Westcott, CNN, 13 Aug. 2019
• The waitlist for floatplanes is about a decade long, and there’s at times a one-to-two-year waitlist for spots for planes on wheels, Wassel said.
  — Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2019
• Hunters have to fly in the night before, spend the night, then catch a floatplane the following day to fly directly to the boat in Olga Bay.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2020
• Hunters fly into Saskatoon, and then make the rest of the trip in vehicles, floatplanes, and boats via the outfitter.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 12 Sep. 2019
• In 2015, nine people were killed after a floatplane crashed into a cliff.
  — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021
• Mines was flying the floatplane; his cofounders had rebuilt it.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 19 May 2021
• The facility had been used as a steamship depot, a floatplane base and a cannery.
  — Laurel Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2018
• The Coast Guard said one person has died and nine others were the subjects of a search on waters near Seattle after a floatplane crashed.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2022
• Hop on a floatplane from the dock at tour over the Misty Fjords National Monument, surrounding lakes and glacial bays.
  — Roger Sands, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
• The project also involves doubling the number of floatplane slips Zelener owns on Lake Hood from nine to 18.
  — Annie Zak, Alaska Dispatch News, 20 Sep. 2017
• The plant often hitches rides on boat propellers, in bilge water and on floatplane floats.
  — Author: Elizabeth Earl, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2019
• The others who were on the floatplane appear to have non-life-threatening injuries, troopers said.
  — Rachel D'oro, USA TODAY, 21 July 2019
• Your chance to see plenty of bears is out on Admiralty Island, a short floatplane flight (or longer kayak trip) away.
  — Jenna Schnuer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2018
• From King Salmon, bear watchers catch a small floatplane for the 25-minute flight to Brooks Camp for a mandatory orientation by park rangers.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2022
• Three tie votes in the remote Southeast town of Pelican could be decided by high-card draws — pulled from new decks flown in by floatplane.
  — Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Oct. 2017
• So, while the restaurant is turning out rather predictable hotel food, the view of landing floatplanes is uniquely Alaska.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2018
• In May, two floatplanes operated by Taquan Air — which was awarded a shield in 2008 — crashed near Ketchikan, killing eight people combined.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2019
• All the lakes that are open to floatplane camping in the area are comparable in size, but each setting has its own subtle character and attributes.
  — Zach Montague, New York Times, 22 July 2019
• The floatplane threads through a mountain valley milky with clouds, mountain goats dotting green peaks on the way toward Terror Lake -- the source of most of Kodiak's power.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Alaska Dispatch News, 31 May 2016
• Elsewhere in the state over the weekend, another floatplane — at Elfin Cove in Southeast Alaska — also crashed on takeoff.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2022
• There’s plenty of room to add sports courts, a helipad or a floatplane, or more structures to create your own epic family compound.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2023
• In 2015, nine people died after a floatplane slammed into a cliff, the Washington Post reported.
  — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 10 Aug. 2021
• These 14 mostly uninhabited islands are about 25 miles northwest of Juneau and can be reached by floatplane or boat.
  — Peter Kujawinski, New York Times, 29 July 2019
• Push the envelope further with a quick floatplane jaunt to Vancouver Island and dreamy Tofino, where everyone can learn to surf.
  — Cnt, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2017
• The trip included travel from Ketchikan to Hyder on a floatplane that held seven people, including the pilot.
  — Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2021
• It is not known which of the two was piloting the aircraft — a Cessna A185 amphibian floatplane — because no flight plan had been filed with airport officials.
  — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 2 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 23 Sep 2024