Hydro-aeroplane \Hy"dro-a"["e]r*o*plane`\ (A["e]ronautics) An a["e]roplane with a boatlike or other understructure that enables it to travel on, or to rise from the surface of, a body of water by its own motive power; -- now usually referred to as a {seaplane}. [obsolescent] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
A 1966 DeHaviland Beaver seaplane with an old Esso tiger painted on its tail and uncertain salt-water wear sold for $435,000. New, the plane would cost about $700,000, said several air-taxi company officials in the crowd.
Tourism development sometimes even improves the setting. Tokyu Land Corp., owner of Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts, turned a former Japanese seaplane base on Palau, an island in the Western Carolines in the South Pacific, into a resort.
Like other seaplane services, Chalk's has been unable to compete with faster and larger jets.
He said negotiations for construction of a second theme park are under way with city officials in Anaheim and Long Beach, where Disney already owns the historic Queen Mary ocean liner and Spruce Goose wooden seaplane attractions.
The defense force this afternoon sent a US-1 seaplane to the scene, but it returned to base with engine problems.
Chalk's International Airlines, the nation's oldest continuous air passenger service, will keep flying while its owner seeks a buyer for the seaplane operation.
A ferry to the mainland runs only on Tuesdays and Fridays in the winter, and a seaplane that makes regular flights during the rest of the year doesn't fly when there is ice, Latham said.