The biggest of these — and to date the biggest aircraft to ever land and take off from a carrier — is the C-130 Hercules, which stands at 97 feet long, and 132 feet wide in wingspan.

Deep in the mojave, the largest aircraft ever made will soon be making test flights. This is the Stratolaunch, and it’s measured the largest to ever fly based on wingspan. The Stratolaunch was ...

The An-225 Mriya, built by the Soviets in the 1980's, is the biggest plane ever built. Produced by Emmanuel Ocbazghi Follow BI Video: On Facebook More from Military & Defense The An-225 Mriya ...

The largest aircraft ever to touch down at Guernsey airport has landed. The Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster is the biggest in terms of weight, size and wingspan to land on the island, Guernsey ...

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While there have been planes with bigger wingspans, Roc takes the record in terms of biggest all-composite plane ever constructed. First founded by the late Paul Allen, cofounder of Microsoft ...

Meet the WindRunner airplane, whose mission will be to ... When it comes to carrying the largest payloads ever moved by air, dainty just isn’t going to cut it. So WindRunner will have a cargo ...

For aircraft, which are significantly more power hungry than cars, batteries simply aren’t a viable power source. Hydrogen, however, could be a viable alternative, as it has an energy density on ...

The Wright brothers may have engineered the first plane, but that has nothing on history's largest aircraft. Here's how Kitty Hawk's finest hold up against an Airbus A380, Boeing 747, and the new ...