1.   Environmental laws prohibit or restrict flights over certain public lands and restrict the landing of amphibious craft on beaches.

2.   Other projected acquisitions include ships equipped to support dozens of high-speed patrol boats for maritime interdiction, amphibious craft to protect coastlines, and new helicopters.

3.   The mainland was considered next, as well as a proposed channel to be cut through the seashore to provide access for amphibious craft.

4.   A pilot aiming to set his amphibious craft down in an Adirondack Mountain lake mistakenly lowered his landing gear and flipped the plane.

5.   Among the ships sent were aircraft carriers USS John F. Kennedy and George Washington, guided missile cruisers and destroyers and amphibious craft.

6.   In isolated villages, flood victims, some of them waiting for days, were rescued by army teams in motorboats and amphibious craft.

7.   In isolated villages, some people who had been waiting for days were rescued by army teams in motorboats and amphibious craft.

8.   Seven years ago, Rick and Karen Dobbertin were virtually inseparable, cramped inside their homemade amphibious craft as they attempted to circumnavigate the globe.

9.   This boat was an amphibious craft that could also travel on land, police said.

10.   The Pensacola is a dock landing ship, which are used to launch amphibious craft and vehicles in amphibious assaults.