Editing Floatplane (section)

{{Short description|Aircraft with floats for use on water}}
{{for|the company|Floatplane Media Inc.}}
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[[Image:DeHavilland Single Otter Harbour Air.jpg|thumb|A [[De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter|de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbo Otter]] floatplane in [[Harbour Air]] [[livery]]]]

A '''floatplane''' is a type of [[seaplane]] with one or more slender [[Float (nautical)|float]]s mounted under the fuselage to provide [[buoyancy]]. By contrast, a [[flying boat]] uses its fuselage for buoyancy. Either type of seaplane may also have landing gear suitable for land, making the vehicle an [[amphibious aircraft]].<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Air Trails|date=Winter 1971|title=Floatplane Flying|author=James M. Triggs|page=39}}</ref> British usage is to call floatplanes "seaplanes" rather than use the term "seaplane" to refer to both floatplanes and flying boats.<ref>The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] defines "seaplane" as "An aeroplane designed to be able to operate from water; ''specifically'', one with floats, in contrast to a flying boat."</ref>