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[32] [33] [34] Both the earlier and later takeoff weights establish the An-225 as the world's heaviest aircraft, exceeding the weight of the double-deck Airbus A380 airliner. Airbus claims to have improved upon the An-225's maximum landing weight by landing an A380 at 591.7 t (652.2 short tons) during testing. [35] [a]
The US Federal Aviation Administration defines a large aircraft as any aircraft with a certificated maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of more than 12,500 lb (5,700 kg) [1] The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) defines a large aircraft as either "an aeroplane with a maximum take-off mass of more than 12,566.35 pounds (5,700.00 kilograms) or a ...
It is the world's largest passenger airliner and the only full-length double-deck jet airliner. Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was announced in 1990 to challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747 in the long-haul market. The then-designated A3XX project was presented in 1994; Airbus launched the €9.5–billion ($10.7–billion ...
The world’s largest aircraft took flight for the first time at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California on April 13.The Stratolaunch aircraft has a wingspan of 385 feet and weighs half a ...
News. Chang, Brittany (12 September 2021). "The world's biggest aircraft could begin transporting passengers in 4 years — see what it might be like aboard 'The Flying Bum' ". Business Insider; Plaugic, Lizzie (17 August 2016). "The giant 'flying bum' aircraft flew for the first time today". The Verge
World's first mass-produced supersonic aircraft. 2,500 built in Soviet Union. Also built in China (~3,000) and Czechoslovakia. Sopwith Camel: M: Biplane, fighter 5,497 United Kingdom: 1917: 1918: Mil Mi-2: M: Helicopter, utility 5,497 Soviet Union: 1965: 1985 Built in Poland. Cessna AT-17 Bobcat: C/M: Utility / Multi-engine trainer 5,422 United ...
' Antaeus '; NATO reporting name: "Cock") is a heavy military transport aircraft designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Powered by four turboprop engines, each driving a pair of contra-rotating propellers , the design was the first wide-body transport aircraft and remains the world's largest turboprop-powered aircraft to date.
The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin.It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsized and oversized loads, including all air-certifiable cargo.