waterplanes

The practice of deputing certain vessels to art as "parent ships" to a covey of waterplanes has proved as successful in practice, as in theory.

Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

When a fog prevails the sea is generally as smooth as the pro verbial mirror, enabling the waterplanes to be brought up under cover to a suitable point from which they may be dispatched.

Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

The waterplanes have established their supremacy over the naval dirigible in a striking manner.

Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

British manufacture may be divided into two broad classes -- the production of aeroplanes and of waterplanes respectively.

Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

Hard upon the apppearance {sic} of this came the Dass-Tata engine -- the invention of two among the brilliant galaxy of Bengali inventors the modernisation of Indian thought was producing at this time -- which was used chiefly for automobiles, aeroplanes, waterplanes, and such-like, mobile purposes.

The World Set Free Herbert George 1914

It is interesting to guess for oneself and to speculate upon the possibility of a kind of armoured mother-ship for waterplanes and submarines and torpedo craft, but necessarily that would be a mere journalistic and amateurish guessing.

An Englishman Looks at the World 1906

The development of these waterplanes is an important step towards the huge and swarming popularisation of flying which is now certainly imminent.

An Englishman Looks at the World 1906

Unless he is a lunatic, he will prove to be much stronger in reality than he is on paper in the matter of submarines, torpedo-boats, waterplanes and aeroplanes.

An Englishman Looks at the World 1906

Wherever there is a square mile of water the waterplanes will come and go like hornets at the mouth of their nest.

An Englishman Looks at the World 1906

There is a lot of sightseeing planes and even waterplanes that take of from the East River so anything could have happened but so far they don’t know what the plane was doing or who it is.

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