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bush plane

• a relatively light aircraft flown by a bush pilot and used to carry freight and passengers to isolated points in the northern bush and barrens and usually equipped with pontoons or skis.

  See also: bush aircraft  bush airplane  

  • 1953  Pilot Johnny Dapp made the trip in a ski-equipped bush-plane. . . .
  • 1965  . . . that's a mighty large hunk of flying time, especially when it's piled up in bush planes, where you can't lock the aircraft on the beam. . . .