...and the #1 stupid Dallas city ordinance is:

CHAPTER 5 AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS

SEC. 5-11. USE OF HYDROPLANES ON CITY PROPERTY.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a hydroplane upon any
reservoir or any lake belonging to under control of the city. (Ord. Nos.
8213; 14384)

Presumably because they're Hydro "planes".

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Dallas writes:

Presumably because they're Hydro "planes".

I supposed that they are forbidden for reasons of safety, security, and
hygiene. How many reservoirs and lakes are there in Dallas large enough to
accommodate aircraft?

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Dallas wrote:
Presumably because they're Hydro "planes".

Bernoulli's Principle is blasphemy! Blasphemy! Thou shalt not reduce
thine surface pressure!

Maybe it's cuz hydroplanes need to go really really fast and boats tend
not to have spectacularly useful brakes.

TheSmokingGnu

"Dallas" wrote in message
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CHAPTER 5 AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS

SEC. 5-11. USE OF HYDROPLANES ON CITY PROPERTY.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a hydroplane upon any
reservoir or any lake belonging to under control of the city. (Ord. Nos.
8213; 14384)

Presumably because they're Hydro "planes".


Well, it isn't uncommon for them to become airborne.

In a previous article, said:
CHAPTER 5 AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS

SEC. 5-11. USE OF HYDROPLANES ON CITY PROPERTY.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a hydroplane upon any
reservoir or any lake belonging to under control of the city. (Ord. Nos.
8213; 14384)

I lived in Quebec and for years I'd heard of a "hydroplane dock" near
where I lived. And then one time I was canoeing on the river and realized
that people, even Anglos, were saying "hydroplane" when they meant "float
plane".


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On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:39:52 +0000 (UTC), Paul Tomblin wrote:

were saying "hydroplane" when they meant "float
plane".

OMG. I believe you're right.
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Dallas

Mxsmanic wrote:
Dallas writes:

Presumably because they're Hydro "planes".

I supposed that they are forbidden for reasons of safety, security, and
hygiene. How many reservoirs and lakes are there in Dallas large enough to
accommodate aircraft?

Right over your head...

A hydroplane is a boat so called because when at speed it "planes"
over the surface of the water.

A hydroplane "planes" on it's hull, a hydrofoil "planes" on big water
skis.

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On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:05:03 GMT, wrote in
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a hydrofoil "planes" on big water skis.


Ummm... Think again:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrofoil
A hydrofoil is a boat with wing-like foils mounted on struts below
the hull. As the craft increases its speed the hydrofoils develop
enough lift for the boat to become foilborne - i.e. to raise the
hull up and out of the water. This results in a great reduction in
drag and a corresponding increase in speed.

A hydrofoil works much like an aircraft wing, but it works in a fluid
medium with a substantially different viscosity.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Dallas writes:

Presumably because they're Hydro "planes".

I supposed that they are forbidden for reasons of safety, security,
and hygiene. How many reservoirs and lakes are there in Dallas large
enough to accommodate aircraft?

Why, you can't fly anyway..

Bertie

On Apr 19, 12:54 pm, Dallas wrote:
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:39:52 +0000 (UTC), Paul Tomblin wrote:
were saying "hydroplane" when they meant "float
plane".

OMG. I believe you're right.
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Dallas


Look up the definition of hydroplane

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hydroplane

A number of authoritative sources say that hydroplane
may mean "seaplane", or more precisely,
"an airplane that can land on or take off from water".

Yes, there are other possible meanings of the word,
but using hydroplane to mean floatplane is hardly
incorrect .