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? How fast can it go? Is it safe? We have the answers, and here's ...

The first time I ever went to Florida was in the spring of 1971 to visit my cousin, Jack Lounsbury, who was a National Park Ranger based in the Florida Everglades. I had pictures in my mind of ...

An airboat is also known as a fan boat, plane boat, swamp boat, or bayou boat. It is a kind of flat-bottomed watercraft, which is propelled by an aircraft-type propeller and powered by either an ...