Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a crash in Ochopee in The Everglades less than a week ago, many people are asking: What is an airboat? How does it operate?
An airboat is a fiberglass or aluminum boat with a flat bottom used to navigate marshes, swamps, low, grassy waters. It also can go over land and ice. Airboats are propelled by a large fan – an ...