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The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" [N 1] is a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built, although it was exceeded in span and weight by the one-off Hughes H-4 Hercules. It has the longest wingspan of any combat ...
First multi-engine aircraft in serial production, Russky Vityaz development Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI: 1916 Bomber: 56: 24.168 yards (22.099 meters) 46.15 yards (42.20 meters) 11.613 tons: Largest WWI aircraft in regular service Tarrant Tabor: 1919 Bomber: 1: 24.38 yards (22.29 meters) 43.74 yards (40.00 meters) 19.97 tons: 4.1 t Crashed on first ...
With a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes (705 short tons), the An-225 held several records, including heaviest aircraft ever built and largest wingspan of any operational aircraft. It was commonly used to transport objects once thought impossible to move by air, such as 130-ton generators, wind turbine blades, and diesel locomotives .
Name of Bomber Year of first flight Retired/Status Number built bombload (kg) Photo Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber: 1947: retired 1977: 2,032: 11,340: Boeing B-50 Superfortress strategic bomber
On 12 October 2008, Tu-160s were involved in the largest Russian strategic bomber exercise since 1984. A total of 12 bombers including Tu-160 and Tu-95 aircraft conducted a series of launches of their cruise missiles. Some bombers launched a full complement of missiles; it was the first time that a Tu-160 had ever fired a full complement of ...
The XB-19 project was intended to test flight characteristics and design techniques for giant bombers. Despite advances in technology that made the XB-19 obsolete before it was completed, the Army Air Corps believed the prototype would be useful for testing despite Douglas Aircraft wanting to cancel the expensive project.
Heavy bombers are bomber aircraft capable of delivering the largest payload of air-to-ground weaponry (usually bombs) and longest range (takeoff to landing) of their era. Archetypal heavy bombers have therefore usually been among the largest and most powerful military aircraft at any point in time.
Also built in France by Reims Aviation. Ilyushin Il-2: M: Ground-attack: 36,183 Soviet Union: 1941: 1945 Messerschmitt Bf 109: M: Fighter: 34,852 Germany: 1936: 1958 Most-produced fighter and single-seat aircraft. Also built in Hungary, Romania, Spain, Czechoslovakia and Switzerland. Piper PA-28 series: C: Utility / trainer 32,778+ United ...