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Recent Examples of seaplane
Every show opened with a dramatic ocean view of the skyline from a seaplane approaching the Beach.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
Located in the Raa Atoll, accessible only by private seaplane, it was designed as the Maldives’ first fully dedicated wellbeing island.
—Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Best part is: The only way to get to Stehekin is by seaplane, boat or a 23-mile hike.
—Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 25 June 2025
Top 5 Can’t Miss Get a bird's-eye view of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield from a seaplane.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
Located in the Raa Atoll, accessible only by private seaplane, it was designed as the Maldives’ first fully dedicated wellbeing island.
—Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Best part is: The only way to get to Stehekin is by seaplane, boat or a 23-mile hike.
—Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 25 June 2025
Top 5 Can’t Miss Get a bird's-eye view of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield from a seaplane.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
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These crossings can range from small tunnels for amphibians to box culvert structures for larger mammals like deer.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
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The often elaborate enclosure requirements for reptiles and amphibians can make initial setup expensive.—
Samantha Winegarner,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
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The PT boat became the bomber squadron of 15 bombers and their crews that Bentsen commanded at age 23.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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France has its own independent arsenal of nuclear weapons, with both submarine and jet bomber delivery systems.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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In recent times, the show’s numbers — to say nothing of its cultural relevance — have been on the same spiraling trajectory as that biplane Cruise dangled from in the latest Mission: Impossible movie.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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On Thursday, Paramount unveiled new behind-the-scenes footage of the stunt, which occurs in the film after Cruise's Ethan Hunt goes toe-to-toe with Gabriel (Esai Morales) in a high-flying biplane sequence where Ethan transfers from one airplane to another.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
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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The quartet of Russian warplanes were greeted by 10 U.S. Air Force fighter jets deployed by North American Aerospace Defense Command.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
24 July 2025
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According to reports in the Ukrainian press, the A.I. had been trained to recognize targets using images of old Soviet warplanes on display in an aviation museum east of Kyiv.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Former President Bill Clinton flew repeatedly on Epstein's private jet, according to flight logs reported on by the Palm Beach Post.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
3 Aug. 2025
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Apparently New Yorkers fly in by private jet just for dinner.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Aug. 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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The centerpiece was a number of huge, winged gliders that would land astronauts on Mars by navigating what was then thought to be an atmosphere perhaps half the density of Earth's.—
Rod Pyle,
Space.com,
14 July 2025
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The same could be said of Kirby’s different transformations; the car, the vending machine and and glider are a blast to use, while the stairs (yes, stairs) and traffic cone can be a bit underwhelming.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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“Seaplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaplane. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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