| A floatplane from Cordova has a smooth saltwater landing strip to the beach, with stony, pine-covered cliffs rising up on either side. |
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| A tiny floatplane carries us for about an hour to a desolate, grassy, mosquito-ridden beach called Nunavachak. |
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| His expertise has given the Centaur four exceptional advantages over conventional seaplanes and launches the floatplane into the 21st Century. |
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| On page 57 of the March 2004 issue, I noticed a photograph credited to Oliver Philips which shows the wreckage of a Fairchild 24 floatplane. |
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| Day's tours have become so popular that two years ago she bought her own Dehavilland Otter floatplane. |
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| Suddenly, with a roar of seemingly new-found energy, the floatplane pulled free from the water and climbed rapidly. |
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| Whether it's a floatplane running into the docks or simply keeping everyone happy, there's never a dull moment. |
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| When Alan Cobham delivered a Moth floatplane in the US, an agreement for production in America was reached. |
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| As you bank over Washington's Hood Canal in a floatplane, you realize just how far 37 air miles have brought you. |
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| Some range into Alaska and the Yukon, where thick carpets of morels grow in burns accessible only by helicopter, floatplane, or river raft. |
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| In 1994 Day began offering bear-viewing day trips using a chartered floatplane. |
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| I noticed the photograph of the Fleet floatplane on page 62 of the November 2004 issue. |
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| Earlier this month, Luna surfaced in the path of an oncoming floatplane. |
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| Stehekin is reached mainly via floatplane or ferryboat from Chelan at the south end of the lake or by private boat or trail. |
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| The company owns several hunting and fishing camps that are accessible only by floatplane. |
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| After leaving the dock, the floatplane taxied northeast for about 4500 feet before turning around to begin the take-off run to the southwest. |
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| The first priority was to confirm the suitability of proposed base camp locations and ease of access by floatplane. |
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| The 100 km trip to Kazan Falls from Baker Lake by charter floatplane or motorized freighter canoe is quite spectacular. |
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| During the second turn, the floatplane descended into the lake, striking the water first with the right float and the right wingtip. |
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| Grinning, he showed off a surprisingly accurate replica of the floatplane we had just landed in. |
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| In order to lighten our floatplane schedules, like every Canada fly in fishing lodge we concentrate the cabins' turnover on specific days. |
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| The floatplane did not accelerate normally, and the take-off run on the water was longer than usual. |
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| These two factors would have degraded the take-off and flight performance of the floatplane. |
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| As a contingency for suitable floatplane access, secondary areas for the reconnaissance were also identified. |
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| The floatplane was at or near the stall speed throughout the flight and, during the second turn, the stall speed increased to equal the airspeed. |
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| During the take-off of a floatplane, it is necessary to get the floats in a planing condition so the aircraft can accelerate. |
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| In the past and on a voluntary basis, Harbour Air had provided underwater evacuation training to some of its floatplane pilots. |
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| Skim a floatplane along the mirrored surface of a secluded mountain lake. |
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| The floatplane weight was 269 pounds over the weight reported in the weight and balance report. |
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| A little over one hour earlier, the floatplane had left Islandia, Peru, on the Amazon River and was en route to the group's mission base in Iquitos. |
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| After flying to the edge of the world, the floatplane touched down gently on a still mountain lake on the eastern boundary of Alaska's 700,000-acre Copper River Delta. |
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| The six-seater Cessna 206 floatplane run by Bangalore-based Kairali Aviation couldn't land due to bad weather. |
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| Fitch and his cousin Bill, a sommelier based in Paris, were due to arrive by floatplane in the Pirahã village a couple of hours after Everett and I did. |
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| It can carry up to 6 passengers in good comfort but is most frequently used in our floatplane charter service for groups of four people with all their gear for one week. |
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| As a result, pilots and operators will be unaware that shorter-diameter propellers are not approved for use on the floatplane version of the aircraft. |
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| On our last day, we flew from Darwin by floatplane, landing on the water in Sweets Lagoon on the Finniss River System, and taxi-ing up to a pontoon on which were moored a helicopter and an airboat. |
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| Moreover, it was not unusual for company floatplane pilots to land and wait for improvements in weather or other conditions before proceeding to their destination without communicating this to the flight follower. |
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| For a real 'flying by the seat of your pants feeling', take a doorless chopper over the Bungle Bungle ranges or lift off from lakes, rivers and ranges on a floatplane. |
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| The majority of anglers who fish these lakes are flown into the area by floatplane and stay at one of the outpost camps, cottages or private lodges located within the conservation reserve boundary. |
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| At the same time, investigators are researching other floatplane accidents in order to examine the recurring risks and what can and should be done to mitigate those risks. |
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| Assuming that the floats did not contain any significant amount of water, the floatplane weighed about 3280 pounds when it departed the company dock, 40 pounds below the maximum gross weight. |
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| The floatplane was still unable to climb out. |
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| Our floatplane fishing packages all include transportation from our Clova base, Baskatong base or La Tuque base to your outfitters camp, north of Clova. |
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| While it would have been possible for the floatplane to land uneventfully in such conditions, the level of risk would have been elevated and the attendant margin for error reduced. |
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| Early on the day of the accident, the aircraft, with minimum fuel on board, was taxied from the floatplane base to the marine dock a short distance away. |
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| Based on the floatplane's weight and balance, the stall speed of the floatplane with 0º of wing flap and 30º angle of bank is 9 knots faster than the floatplane with 20º flap and 0º bank. |
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| Meanwhile, Wakefield ordered a floatplane similar to the design of the 1910 Fabre Hydravion. |
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| By making the aircraft jet powered, it was possible to design it with a hull rather than making it a floatplane. |
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| Mahlke began his career as a pre-war Kriegsmarine floatplane pilot, observer, and instructor. |
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| An OPP helicopter overflew the camp as they arrived, and shortly thereafter, an OPP floatplane arrived and evacuated the young woman to a Thunder Bay hospital where she was treated for hypothermia and exposure. |
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| As pilot Rolan Ruoss circled his Beaver floatplane over the lake before landing, we spotted four brown bears along the shore. |
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| It's titled Beavers and refers to the floatplane that has enabled colonial incursion into the most isolated territories of the Anishinaabe. |
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| The Boeing story began in 1916 after Bill Boeing flew in a barnstormer s floatplane over Lake Washington, later remarking, I think we can build a better one. |
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| Volcanic Air floatplane ride above Rotorua enough to establish that it's home to the of scape that makes the city seem, by contrast, like an interloper in the wilderness. |
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