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floatplane: see seaplane 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
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Seaplanes and Floatplanes are another type, the name itself indicate that they can also run in water.
Nazi Germany fielded an active maritime air force equipped with a wide array of floatplanes and flying boats.
During the Second World War, Norseman floatplanes were used extensively by the Allied Forces for a variety of utility missions.
 
 
 
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