Seaplane
A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are in a subclass called amphibian aircraft. Seaplanes and amphibians are usually divided into two categories based on their technological characteristics: floatplanes and flying boats; the latter are generally far larger and can carry far more. These aircraft were sometimes called hydroplanes, but currently, this term applies instead to motor-powered watercraft that use hydrofoils to levitate their main hull above the water when running at speed.
Their use gradually tailed off after World War II, partially because of the investments in airports during the war. In the 21st century, seaplanes maintain a few niche uses, such as for dropping water on forest fires, air transport around archipelagos, and access to undeveloped or roadless areas, some of which have numerous fresh-water lakes.
Types
The word "seaplane" is used to describe two types of air/water vehicles: the floatplane and the flying boat.
Seaplane!
"Seaplane!" is the third episode of the fourth season of the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers and the overall 48th episode, and is written by Dan Fybel and Rich Rinaldi and directed by Jennifer Coyle. It aired on Fox in the United States on November 3, 2013.
Plot
Linda is dissatisfied by her and Bob's lackluster date nights and proposes that they take seaplane flying lessons. Bob refuses to go, so Linda elects to go by herself. Her instructor, Kurt, listens to her disappointment about Bob not joining her and they begin the lesson. At the restaurant, Teddy and Mr. Fischoeder alarm Bob to Kurt's reputation as a seducer, called "Upskirt Kurt": Kurt seduces his often lonely housewife students, first by faking a near plane crash to up the adrenaline, "saving" them at the last minute, then taking them to the nearby "deserted" Quippiquisset Island (which Mr. Fischoeder refers to as "Quickie Kissit Island") to fix the plane, leaving the two of them alone for romance. True to form, Kurt fakes a plane crash while flying with Linda and the two end up on Quippiquisset Island.
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by: SpleenDon’t look at me
Miserably
There’s no certainty but melancholy
Young but feeling more than old
Something in my mind remains so cold
My senses break like porcelain impossible to mend
This sad marching band that patrols in my soul won’t leave me sane
Will I waste my time to grow
Thinking I’ll be happy tomorrow
The streets are full but I walk alone
The words are empty in spite of the tone
Distress flag won’t flutter on my boat if I persist
‘Cause you are the light in the mist, the force to resist
As far as in crowds where I stand
I get lost in the palm of your hand
Sink
Sink my trouble in the night
you make me forget all my fight
Seize
Want you to seize
Want you to seize my hand
Don’t look back
I won’t look back, I won’t look back
‘Cause we leave tonight all the fights
Forget all that you knew
It’s more than hope, it’s a rope not to fall in the blue
Tell me you see over melancholy
It’s our serenity, our serenity
Leave tonight all the fights
Forget all that you knew
It’s more than hope, it’s a rope not to fall in the blue
Tell me you see over melancholy