No, a hydroplane doesn't land on water–that's an aquaplane. A hydroplane is a plane that gets electric power from an onboard water reservoir with a tiny dam and turbines.
![[[A man sits on a medical examination table. He's wearing a headset with lot of wires attached to it, which lead to a complicated-looking device. A woman's operating the device.]] Woman: Neural-digital link established. Ready to upload your consciousness to the computer? Man: Sure, go for it. [[She presses a button. The wires light up; the man looks shocked.]] <<Bzzzzzzt>> [[There's no more sparks; the woman taps on the computer's keyboard.]] Woman: ... hmm. Man: What? Woman: It's not responding - the whole system is frozen. I think the transfer failed. Man: No, that sounds right.](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/planespotting.png "No, a hydroplane doesn't land on water--that's an aquaplane. A hydroplane is a plane that gets electric power from an onboard water reservoir with a tiny dam and turbines.")