Definition of airboat
: a shallow-draft boat driven by an airplane propeller and steered by an airplane rudder
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More than 75 accidents involving private and commercial airboats have occurred in the last three years in Florida, according to the Miami New Times, leading to at least seven deaths and 102 injuries.
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Kristen Miller, The village on Tamiami Trail features alligator-wrestling shows, airboat rides and historic tours.
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Kevin Schuette, a volunteer from the Southeast Texas Airboat Club, and Blake Hughes, a probationary fireman for Cypress Creek Fire Department, rescue two women and their dog by airboat from an apartment complex.
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Eventually, a group of citizens showed up with eight airboats, Bingham said.
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Rescuers used several different types of boats, including traditional rowboats and airboats powered by huge fans.
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All three of the injured – a man, a woman and a child – were brought by airboat to a small parking lot near the Reflection Lake exit off the Glenn Highway.
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Gagne — the airboat operator — was not charged in the matter.
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Fishers in airboats stationed near the Spillway structure will monitor the water for the fresh water species, any that are caught will be tagged and resettled back in the River, Clancy said.
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First Known Use of airboat
1914
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