What is the name of a airplane that lands in water?
The word "seaplane" is used to describe two types of air/water vehicles: the floatplane and the flying boat. * A floatplane has slender pontoons mounted under the fuselage. Two floats are common, but many floatplanes of World War II had a single float under the main fuselage and two small floats on the wings. Only the "floats" of a floatplane normally come into contact with water. The fuselage remains above water. Some small land aircraft can be modified to become float planes. * In a flying boat, the main source of buoyancy is the fuselage, which acts like a ship's hull in the water. Most flying boats have small floats mounted on their wings to keep them stable. The term "seaplane" is used by some to refer only to floatplanes (aircraft with floats as landing gear), with the flying boat being a distinct type of craft. This article treats both flying boats and floatplanes as types of seaplane. An amphibious aircraft can take off and land both on conventional runways and water. A true seaplane can only take off and land on water. There are amphibious flying boats and amphibious floatplanes, as well as some hybrid designs, e.g., floatplanes with retractable floats. Modern production seaplanes are largely amphibious and of a floatplane design. Some examples are: * Aeromarine 75 * Consolidated Commodore * Martin China Clipper * Boeing Clipper * Sikorsky S-42 * Sikorsky VS-44 * Dornier Wal * Short Kent * Short Empire * Latécoère 631 There is also a sea plane called de Havilland Beaver DHC2
