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Top 5 Can’t Miss Get a bird's-eye view of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield from a seaplane.
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Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
Seaborne continues to fly a single seaplane between the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
The early most successful model was known as the Douglas Torpedo 2, a single engine seaplane.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Most people get from town to town by seaplane or boat.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
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Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
Seaborne continues to fly a single seaplane between the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
The early most successful model was known as the Douglas Torpedo 2, a single engine seaplane.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Most people get from town to town by seaplane or boat.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaplane
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In total, the fossil bed contains evidence of 16 groups of vertebrate animals, including 6-foot-long amphibians and freshwater sharks.—
Rosie McCall,
Discover Magazine,
14 July 2025
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The same tools used here could help uncover hidden immune structures in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and even humans!—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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The water was filled with sharks bigger than Zamperini's raft, and Japanese bombers made several passes at them, too.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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The recent Operation Midnight Hammer in which U.S. bombers struck three nuclear targets in Iran, prove that air and space superiority remain decisive.—
David A. Deptula,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Flying Through ‘The City’ Along with the DC-3, some of the other planes displayed inside the hangar include the Stearman biplane, used to train WWII pilots; an F-84 Thunderjet; and a Lockheed T-33, a jet trainer built in the 1950s in which visitors can sit inside the cockpit.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2025
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Though, for some of us, seeing Ethan Hunt dangle from a biplane, however rickety the narrative excuses for that to happen, is more fun.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.—
Jamie Turner,
cleveland.com,
16 July 2019
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But close to daybreak, a German warplane bombed the chateau, leaving a crater in the earth and a trail of carnage.—
Amy Sohn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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Last year, Taipei tracked over 3,000 Chinese warplane sorties in its air defense zone, nearly double the figure recorded in each of the previous two years, according to PLATracker, a public dataset maintained by U.S. analysts Gerald C. Brown and Benjamin Lewis.—
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Photos and videos circulating online from the crash scene show large fire near a lawn with plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky while firefighters sprayed water on what was left of the jet.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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A number of recycling stations were in operation at the Kane County event accepting everything from electronics, books, paint, aerosols and ink jet cartridges to smoke alarms, LED bulbs and fluorescents along with child car seats, strollers and bikes.—
David Sharos,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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Before becoming the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush received training on the Avenger TBF/TBM torpedo bomber at NAS Ft. Lauderdale from June 16 to Aug. 16, 1943.—
Lauren Ferrer,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2024
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Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.—
Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2023
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Best Fourth of July BHG x Walmart Outdoor Furniture Deals Better Homes & Gardens Set of 2 River Oaks Outdoor Swivel Gliders These dual swivel gliders will pair perfectly with a morning cup of coffee or an evening cocktail.—
Nicole Pyles,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 July 2025
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My father-in-law served in the 82nd Airborne in World War II, trained at Fort Bragg and helped fly a glider plane behind enemy lines on D-Day.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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“Seaplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaplane. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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