amphibious aircraft
1Amphibious aircraft — Infobox Aviation name = Amphibious aircraft caption = Canadair CL 415 operating on Fire watch out of Red Lake, Ontario, c. 2007 An amphibious or amphibian aircraft is an aircraft that can take off and land on either land or water. Amphibious… …
2amphibious aircraft — noun an airplane designed to take off and land on water • Syn: ↑amphibian • Hypernyms: ↑airplane, ↑aeroplane, ↑plane • Part Meronyms: ↑pontoon …
3Advanced Amphibious Aircraft — Pour les articles homonymes, voir AAA. Advanced Amphibious Aircraft (AAA) est une coentreprise formée en 1988 entre Dornier Flugzeugwerke et Alenia dans le but de développer et construire un avion amphibie moderne. En 1993, Hellenic Aerospace… …
4Amphibious — means able to use either land or water. In particular it may refer to:*Amphibious warfare, warfare carried out on both land and water *Amphibians, vertebrate animals of the Class Amphibia (many of which live on land and breed in water)… …
5Amphibious assault ship — Six of the U.S. Navy s assault ships in formation; lead ship and the ship seen to its left are Tarawa class, all others are Wasp class An amphibious assault ship (also referred to as a commando carrier or an amphibious assault carrier) is a type… …
6Amphibious cargo ship — Amphibious cargo ships were U.S. Navy ships designed specifically to carry troops, heavy equipment and supplies in support of amphibious assaults, and to provide naval gunfire support during those assaults. They were originally called Attack… …
7Aircraft carrier — From bottom to top: Principe de Asturias, amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, USS Forrestal and light V/STOL carrier HMS Invincible, showing size differences of late 20th century carriers An aircraft …
8Amphibious warfare ship — Infobox Aviation name = Amphibious warfare ship caption = Essex Amphibious Ready Group in the Pacific Ocean. Pictured left to right, the USS Germantown (LSD 42), USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Juneau (LPD 10), and the USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43).… …
9Amphibious ready group — An Amphibious Readiness Group, or (ARG) of the United States Navy consists of a Navy element a group of ships known as an amphibious task force (ATF) and a landing force (LF) of United States Marines (and occasionally, United States Army troops) …
10Aircraft carriers of the Royal Australian Navy — The Royal Australian Navy, while significant in the Asia Pacific region, has never been a major global force. As with many smaller navies after World War II, the RAN made a decision to develop a naval air arm and operate aircraft carriers. Due to …
