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• amphibious aeroplane — airplane capable of landing on water or land …   English contemporary dictionary

• Amphibious vehicle — An amphibious vehicle (or simply amphibian), is a vehicle or craft, that is a means of transport, viable on land as well as on water just like an amphibian.This definition applies equally to any land and water transport, small or large, powered… …   Wikipedia

• Amphibious aircraft — Infobox Aviation name = Amphibious aircraft caption = Canadair CL 415 operating on Fire watch out of Red Lake, Ontario, c. 2007 An amphibious or amphibian aircraft is an aircraft that can take off and land on either land or water. Amphibious… …   Wikipedia

• amphibious aircraft — noun an airplane designed to take off and land on water • Syn: ↑amphibian • Hypernyms: ↑airplane, ↑aeroplane, ↑plane • Part Meronyms: ↑pontoon …   Useful english dictionary

• Mermaid Amphibian Light Sport Airplane — The Mermaid Amphibious Airplane is a small amphibious airplane, aluminum framed and skinned, of the new Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) type with pusher prop on pylon propulsion. It has a single mid wing and conventional (though appropriately large)… …   Wikipedia

• Donald Beatty — Donald Croom Beatty (April 11, 1900 – July 12, 1980) was an American aviator, explorer, and inventor. Beatty was the son of Isaac Beatty, Jr and Hughie Duffee Beatty of Birmingham, Alabama (USA). He began his flying career as a teenager by… …   Wikipedia

• landing gear — land ing gear , n. The wheels and attached structures under an airplane that support it and allow it to move when on the ground; also, the floats or pontoons of an amphibious airplane together with their supporting structures. Landing gear may be …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ground effect vehicle — A ground effect vehicle, wing in ground effect vehicle (WIG), flarecraft, sea skimmer, ekranoplan, or wing in surface effect ship (WISE) is a vehicle that attains level flight near the surface of the Earth, made possible by a cushion of high… …   Wikipedia

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• In-flight entertainment — (IFE) refers to the entertainment available to aircraft passengers during a flight. After World War II IFE was delivered in the form of food and drink services, along with an occasional projector movie during lengthy flights. In 1985 the first… …   Wikipedia

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