ABSTRACT
Flying boats and sea-planes are airplanes thatcan take off and land on water. A seaplane, or floatplane, looks like a regular airplane. Instead of landing gear with wheels, however, it has a pair of canoe-shaped floats to keep the seaplane afloat. A flying boat is a type of seaplane, but it has a boat-shaped hull, or body, which rests in the water. It has floats fitted on struts beneath the wings to provide extra balance. An amphibian is a seaplane that also has wheels for landing at an airfield.
