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Largest Aircraft Ever Flown by Wingspan and Empty Weight
Which aircraft was the largest to ever fly? Excluding lighter-than-air airships (balloons and dirigibles), we can differentiate the largest aircraft by wingspan or empty weight. In terms of wingspan, today’s largest airline, the Airbus A380-800, has a wingspan of 261 feet 10 inches. The Antonov AN-225 had a wingspan of 290 feet. Howard Hughes’s signature design, the Spruce Goose, was larger with a wingspan of 320 ft. The Spruce Goose was superseded in wingspan by...
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