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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

But, despite big ambition, the plane never made ... And by 1953, the project was cancelled, and the plane was dismantled without ever taking off commercially. However, despite its failure, the ...

The Airbus A380 is the world’s largest passenger plane, and an upgraded version of the aircraft could have transformed aviation—but it wasn't to be. Emirates, the Dubai-based airline and the ...

Manufacturers may finally finish building the world's largest ever plan that's been gathering dust in an aircraft hanger since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Antonov An-255, which is around ...

The plane, with an airborne mass over 40 pounds, reached 120 feet of height and 55 mph of speed and was able to land ...