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Civilian
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| Antonov An-225 Antonov An-225 The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s. It is the world's heaviest aircraft. The design, built in order to transport the Buran orbiter, was an enlargement of the successful An-124 Ruslan... |
The longest and heaviest aircraft in the world (max. takeoff weight greater than 600 t) | |
| Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Aero Spacelines Super Guppy |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography*Taylor, Michael J.H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. Studio Editions. London. 1989. ISBN 0-517-69186-8-External links:* * *... |
Radical cargo aircraft based on the Boeing 377 | |
| Airbus Beluga Airbus Beluga -External links:*... |
Airbus replacement for the Super Guppy. Based on the A300-600 Airbus A300 The Airbus A300 is a short- to medium-range widebody jet airliner. Launched in 1972 as the world's first twin-engined widebody, it was the first product of Airbus Industrie, a consortium of European aerospace companies, wholly owned today by EADS... |
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| Airbus A340-600 | World's second longest passenger aircraft at 75.36m. | |
| Airbus A380 Airbus A380 The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. It is the largest passenger airliner in the world. Due to its size, many airports had to modify and improve facilities to accommodate it... |
Largest mass-produced aircraft in the world and the highest-capacity passenger aircraft | |
| Antonov An-70 Antonov An-70 The Antonov An-70 is a four-engine medium-range transport aircraft, and the first large aircraft to be powered by propfan engines. It is being developed by Ukraine's Antonov design bureau to replace the obsolete An-12 military transport aircraft... |
First large transport aircraft to use propfan engines Propfan A propfan was first defined as a small diameter, highly loaded multiple bladed variable pitch propulsor having swept blades with thin advanced airfoil sections, integrated with a nacelle contoured to retard the airflow through the blades thereby reducing compressibility losses and designed to... |
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| Antonov An-124 Antonov An-124 The Antonov An-124 Ruslan is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It was designed by the Ukrainian SSR's Antonov design bureau, then part of the Soviet Union. It is the world's largest ever serially-manufactured cargo airplane and world's second largest operating cargo aircraft... |
The second largest mass-produced aircraft in the world since the Airbus A380 Airbus A380 The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. It is the largest passenger airliner in the world. Due to its size, many airports had to modify and improve facilities to accommodate it... was produced. Remains the World's largest military aircraft. |
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| Antonov An-22 Antonov An-22 The Antonov An-22 Antei was the world's heaviest aircraft, until the advent of the American C-5 Galaxy and later the Soviet An-124. Powered by four pairs of contra-rotating turboprops, the design remains the world's largest turboprop-powered aircraft... |
World's largest turboprop-powered airplane | |
| Boeing 314 Boeing 314 The Boeing 314 Clipper was a long-range flying boat produced by the Boeing Airplane Company between 1938 and 1941 and is comparable to the British Short S.26. One of the largest aircraft of the time, it used the massive wing of Boeing’s earlier XB-15 bomber prototype to achieve the range necessary... Clipper |
One of the largest flying boats | |
| Boeing 377 Stratocruiser | Large propeller-powered airliner based on the B-50 bomber aircraft | |
| Boeing 747 Boeing 747 The Boeing 747 is a wide-body commercial airliner and cargo transport, often referred to by its original nickname, Jumbo Jet, or Queen of the Skies. It is among the world's most recognizable aircraft, and was the first wide-body ever produced... |
The largest jetliner for 35 years | |
| Boeing 747-8 Boeing 747-8 The Boeing 747-8 is a wide-body jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Officially announced in 2005, the 747-8 is the fourth-generation Boeing 747 version, with lengthened fuselage, redesigned wings and improved efficiency... |
The world's longest aircraft at 76.3m. | |
| Boeing 747 LCF (Dreamlifter) | Massive volume for 787 parts transport (65,000 cubic feet) | |
| Boeing 767 Boeing 767 The Boeing 767 is a mid-size, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was the manufacturer's first wide-body twinjet and its first airliner with a two-crew glass cockpit. The aircraft features two turbofan engines, a supercritical wing, and a conventional tail... |
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| Airbus A330-300 | ||
| Boeing 777 Boeing 777 The Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet and is commonly referred to as the "Triple Seven". The aircraft has seating for over 300 passengers and has a range from , depending on model... |
Largest twin-engined aircraft in the world. Also the third largest Commercial Passenger aircraft made. | |
| Boeing Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Shuttle Carrier Aircraft The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft are two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA uses to transport Space Shuttle orbiters... |
Derivative of the 747, used to transport the Space Shuttle Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons... |
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| Bristol Brabazon Bristol Brabazon The Bristol Type 167 Brabazon was a large propeller-driven airliner, designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company to fly transatlantic routes from the United Kingdom to the United States. The prototype was delivered in 1949, only to prove a commercial failure when airlines felt the airliner was too... |
Large airliner, size comparable to the Boeing 767 | |
| Ilyushin IL-86 | First wide-bodied aircraft produced in the Soviet Union | |
| Ilyushin Il-96 | ||
| Junkers G.38 Junkers G.38 -Bibliography:* junkers.de * junkers.de - External links :* * Popular Mechanics, February 1930* article includes photo and cutaway drawing* cutaway drawing of G.38 better than 1931 article... |
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| Lockheed L-1011 Tristar | ||
| McDonnell Douglas DC-10 | ||
| McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | ||
| Saunders-Roe Princess Saunders-Roe Princess -See also:-Bibliography:* Bridgman, Leonard. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1952-53. London: Jane's, 1953.* . Flight, 6 July 1951. pp. 10–11.* Flight, 16 March 1950, pp. 344–345.... |
A large flying boat Flying boat A flying boat is a fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a float plane as it uses a purpose-designed fuselage which can float, granting the aircraft buoyancy. Flying boats may be stabilized by under-wing floats or by wing-like projections from the fuselage... . |
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| Tupolev Tu-114 Tupolev Tu-114 The Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya is a turboprop-powered long-range airliner designed by the Tupolev design bureau and built in the USSR from May 1955.... |
Passenger derivative of the Tu-95 bomber | |
| JRM Mars JRM Mars The Martin JRM Mars is a large, four-engined cargo transport seaplane originally designed and built in limited numbers for the U.S. Navy during the World War II era... |
A large flying boat Flying boat A flying boat is a fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a float plane as it uses a purpose-designed fuselage which can float, granting the aircraft buoyancy. Flying boats may be stabilized by under-wing floats or by wing-like projections from the fuselage... . Used 1945-1956 as a "Flying Dreadnought" by the US navy. From 1956-Present they have been used as water bombers all over the world. |
Military
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| Blohm + Voss BV 222 Blohm + Voss BV 222 The Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking was a large, six-engined German flying boat of World War II. Originally designed as a commercial transport, and produced in only limited quantities, it was both the largest flying boat and largest aircraft to achieve operational status during the war.-Design and... |
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| Blohm + Voss BV 238 Blohm + Voss BV 238 |-See also:-Bibliography:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Second World War, Volume Five: Flying Boats. London: Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 1962 . ISBN 0-356-01449-5.... (1944)- |
Heaviest aircraft during World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... , and physically was the largest aircraft produced by any of the Axis powers in World War II |
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| Boeing B-29 Superfortress B-29 Superfortress The B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing that was flown primarily by the United States Air Forces in late-World War II and through the Korean War. The B-29 was one of the largest aircraft to see service during World War II... |
One of the largest aircraft used during World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... |
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| Boeing B-52 Stratofortress B-52 Stratofortress The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber operated by the United States Air Force since the 1950s. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, who have continued to provide maintainence and upgrades to the aircraft in service... |
Strategic bomber used for more than 50 years, largest military aircraft ever to have scored an air-to-air kill | |
| Boeing C-17 Globemaster III C-17 Globemaster III The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. Developed for the United States Air Force from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas, the C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases throughout... |
The newest strategic airlifter used by the USAF, capable of long fights and quick manuevering with a load. | |
| Boeing E-6 Mercury | Military derivative of the Boeing 707 used for communications | |
| CANT Z.511 CANT Z.511 |-See also:-References:* * * John & Elke Weale, Combat Aircraft of World War Two , Arms and Armour Press, London, 1978.* World War Two Magazine, Article : "Germany, Italy and Japan each had plans to strike the U.S... |
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| Convair B-36 Peacemaker | First intercontinental strategic bomber, largest wingspan in a combat aircraft ever built | |
| Convair XC-99 Convair XC-99 The Convair XC-99, 43-52436, was a prototype heavy cargo aircraft built by Convair for the United States Air Force. It was the largest piston-engined land-based transport aircraft ever built, and was developed from the B-36 bomber, sharing the wings and some other structures with it... |
Developed from B-36, largest piston-engined land-based transport aircraft ever built | |
| Dornier Do X Dornier Do X The Dornier Do X was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world when it was produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929. First conceived by Dr. Claudius Dornier in 1924, planning started in late 1925 and after over 240,000 work hours it was completed in June 1929... |
Was the largest flying boat in the world when it first flew | |
| Douglas C-124 | ||
| Douglas C-133 Cargomaster C-133 Cargomaster The Douglas C-133 Cargomaster was a large cargo aircraft built between 1956 and 1961 by the Douglas Aircraft Company for use with the United States Air Force. The C-133 was the USAF's only production turboprop-powered strategic airlifter, entering service shortly after Lockheed's better known C-130... |
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| Handley Page V/1500 Handley Page V/1500 -See also:-Bibliography:* Barnes, C. H. Handley Page Aircraft Since 1907. London: Putnam & Company, Ltd., 1987. ISBN 0-85177-803-8.* Bowyer, Chaz. Handley Page Bombers of the First World War. Bourne End, Bucks, UK:Aston Publications, 1992. ISBN 0-946627-68-1.* Clayton, Donald C. Handley Page, an... |
Large strategic bomber introduced at the end of World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... |
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| Kawanishi H8K Kawanishi H8K |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Bridgeman, Leonard. "The Kawanishi H8K2 “Emily”" Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1-85170-493-0.... |
Largest WWII aircraft produced by Japan in any quantity | |
| Linke-Hofmann R.II | Largest aircraft (138 ft/42 m) wingspan ever to fly on only one propeller | |
| Lockheed C-130 Hercules C-130 Hercules The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport... |
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| Lockheed C-141 Starlifter C-141 Starlifter The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter was a military strategic airlifter in service with the Air Mobility Command of the United States Air Force... |
Used to replace piston-engined aircraft such as the C-124 | |
| Lockheed C-5 Galaxy C-5 Galaxy The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft built by Lockheed. It provides the United States Air Force with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsize and oversize cargos, including all air-certifiable cargo. The Galaxy has many... |
Largest American military transport and one of the largest military aircraft in the world | |
| Lockheed R6V Lockheed R6V The Lockheed R6V Constitution was a large, propeller-driven, double-decker transport aircraft developed in the 1940s by Lockheed as a long-range, high capacity transport and airliner for the U.S. Navy and Pan American Airways. Only two of the aircraft were ever built, both prototypes... Constitution |
Largest fixed-wing aircraft operated by the US Navy | |
| McDonnell Douglas KC-10 | Derivative of the DC-10 | |
| Martin JRM Mars JRM Mars The Martin JRM Mars is a large, four-engined cargo transport seaplane originally designed and built in limited numbers for the U.S. Navy during the World War II era... |
Largest flying boat to enter production | |
| Messerschmitt Me 323 "Gigant" Messerschmitt Me 323 The Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant was a German military transport aircraft of World War II. It was a powered variant of the Me 321 military glider and was the largest land-based transport aircraft of the war... |
Biggest land-based cargo airplane during World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... |
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| Myasishchev VM-T Myasishchev VM-T |-See also:-Bibliography:*Rendall, David. Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide. Harper Collins, Glasgow, 1996. ISBN 0-00-470980-2-External links:* * * * *... |
Derivative of the M-4 Myasishchev M-4 The Myasishchev M-4 Molot , USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 37", NATO reporting name 'Bison'.) is a four-engined strategic bomber designed by Vladimir Myasishchev and manufactured by the Soviet Union in the 1950s to provide a bomber capable of attacking targets in North America... , comparable to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and Guppy/Beluga transport aircraft |
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| Northrop B-2 B-2 Spirit The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit is an American heavy bomber with low observable stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses and deploy both conventional and nuclear weapons. The bomber has a crew of two and can drop up to eighty -class JDAM GPS-guided bombs, or sixteen ... Spirit |
Large strategic stealth bomber | |
| Northrop YB-35 Northrop YB-35 The Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 were experimental heavy bomber aircraft developed for the United States Army Air Forces during and shortly after World War II by the Northrop Corporation. It used the radical and potentially very efficient flying wing design, in which the tail section and fuselage are... |
First bomber utilizing the concept of a "flying-wing" | |
| Northrop YB-49 Northrop YB-49 The Northrop YB-49 was a prototype jet-powered heavy bomber aircraft developed by Northrop shortly after World War II. Intended for service with the U.S. Air Force, the YB-49 featured a flying wing design... |
Jet-powered version of the YB-35 | |
| Tupolev ANT-20 Tupolev ANT-20 -See also:*Dornier Do X-External links:* * Russian: Babelfish rough English translation * * Babelfish rough English translation from Russian History of Aviation, Publ Young Guards... "Maxim Gorky" - Largest aircraft during the 1930s |
One of the largest aircraft of the 1930s, used as a propaganda aircraft in the Soviet Union | |
| Tupolev Tu-95 Tupolev Tu-95 The Tupolev Tu-95 is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the former Soviet Union in 1956 and is expected to serve the Russian Air Force until at least 2040... |
Longest serving Tupolev bomber | |
| Tupolev Tu-160 Tupolev Tu-160 The Tupolev Tu-160 is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Although several civil and military transport aircraft are larger in overall dimensions, the Tu-160 is currently the world's largest combat aircraft, largest... |
Heaviest combat aircraft ever built | |
| Zeppelin Staaken R.VI Zeppelin Staaken R.VI The Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI was a four-engined German biplane strategic bomber of World War I, and the only so-called Riesenflugzeug design built in any quantity.... |
Largest aircraft to see regular squadron service in World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... |
Experimental/proposed
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| Airbus A380-900 | Announced in 2006 as a derivative of the Airbus A380-800. World's highest-capacity passenger aircraft in history | |
| Beriev Be-2500 | Will be the largest aircraft ever if built, development started in the 1980s | |
| Boeing XB-15 Boeing XB-15 |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Boniface, Patrick. "Boeing's Forgotten Monster: XB-15 a Giant in Search of a Cause." Air Enthusiast, 79 January–February 1999.... |
15 October 1937 | Nicknamed the "Old Grandpappy", wing design for it used on the Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat |
| Boeing Pelican Boeing Pelican |-See also:-External links:* Boeing Frontiers online magazine*... |
Concept only | |
| Boeing 2707 Boeing 2707 The Boeing 2707 was developed as the first American supersonic transport . After winning a competition for a government-funded contract to build an American SST, Boeing began development at its facilities in Seattle, Washington... SST |
Design begun in the early 1960s. A mockup was built but no prototype. | Planned as an answer to the European Concorde Supersonic Transport. At 306 feet (93.3 m) long it would have been one of the longest airframes ever flown. Problems with the weight of the swing-wing mechanism and air friction heating in Mach 3 flight provoked a drastic redesign, by which time airline interest in SSTs was dropping because of environmental concerns. The U.S. Congress cut government funding and airlines began canceling orders. |
| Caproni Ca.60 Caproni Ca.60 |-Video:A Mammoth of the Air, a 1921 silent film of the Ca.60, can be seen at -External links:*... |
4 March 1921 | Featured triple set of three wings, destroyed on first flight |
| Douglas XB-19 Douglas XB-19 |-See also:-External links:* * * * * Popular Mechanics, December 1940* Popular Mechanics, July 1941*... |
27 June 1941 | |
| Hughes H-4 Hercules Hughes H-4 Hercules The Hughes H-4 Hercules is a prototype heavy transport aircraft designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft company. The aircraft made its only flight on November 2, 1947 and the project was never advanced beyond the single example produced... "Spruce Goose" |
2 November 1947 | World's largest flying boat, and largest wingspan of any aircraft. Only one was ever built and it performed only one short flight. |
| Junkers Ju 488 Junkers Ju 488 -References:* Filly, Brian. Junkers Ju 88 in Action, part 2. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1991.* Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War:Volume Ten Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft. London:Macdonald, 1968.... |
1944 | Proposed heavy bomber, never flown |
| Junkers Ju 390 Junkers Ju 390 The Junkers Ju 390 was a German aircraft intended to be used as a heavy transport, maritime patrol aircraft, and long-range bomber, a long-range derivative of the Ju 290... |
20 October 1943 | Selected and further developed as the Amerika Bomber Amerika Bomber The Amerika-Bomber project was an initiative of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, the Nazi Germany Air Ministry, to obtain a long-range strategic bomber for the Luftwaffe that would be capable of striking the continental United States from Germany, a range of about 5,800 km... |
| Kalinin K-7 Kalinin K-7 |-References:* Gunston, Bill. “The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875 – 1995”. London, Osprey. 1995. ISBN 1-85532-405-9-External links:*... |
11 August 1933 | Large experimental bomber developed during the 1930s, crashed 4 months after first flight. |
| Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku | 1943 | Proposed long range bomber, never flown |
| North American XB-70 | 21 September 1964 | Experimental bomber capable of 3 times the speed of sound. Before the first prototype was ever built it was determined by the Kennedy Administration that no matter how high and how fast the bomber, Soviet surface to air missiles would eventually catch up in capability, and it was dropped in favor of ICBMs. |
| Sukhoi KR-860 | The concept for the super large transport aircraft which began in the 1990s | KR-860 (Kryl'ya Rossii or Wings of Russia) early named as SKD-717 is super large transport aircraft with weights about 650 tonnes (Antonov An-225 weight is 600 tonnes), payload about 300 tonnes (An-225 payload is 250 tonnes) and 860 to 1000 passengers, a proposed Double decker wide-body Superjumbo jet by Russian aerospace company Sukhoi. |
| Reaction Engines Skylon | Hydrogen spaceplane concept | |
| A2 plane Reaction Engines A2 |-See also:-External links:* *... |
Concept antipodal hypersonic hydrogen passenger plane |
Helicopters and rotary wing aircraft
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| CH-47 Chinook CH-47 Chinook The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its top speed of 170 knots is faster than contemporary utility and attack helicopters of the 1960s... |
21 September 1961 | Mass-produced heavy-lift helicopter |
| Fairey Rotodyne Fairey Rotodyne The Fairey Rotodyne was a 1950s British compound gyroplane designed and built by Fairey Aviation and intended for commercial and military applications... |
6 November 1957 | Advanced autogyro, prototype only |
| Hughes H-17 Sky Crane H-17 Sky Crane |-See also:-References:* Jim Winchester The World's Worst Aircraft, 2005* Rene J. Francillon McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920: Volume II, 1997-External links:* http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/VanTilborg/3138.htm... |
1952 | Heavy-lift helicopter with the largest rotor flown |
| Mil Mi-6 Mil Mi-6 |-Facts:*Test pilot N.B. Leshin has set the world record of speed. This event was awarded by the American Helicopter Society.*Small numbers are still in service, most in Siberia plus a small number with the People's Republic of China... |
July 1957 | Mass-produced heavy-lift helicopter |
| Mil V-12 | 10 July 1968 | Largest helicopter ever built |
| Mil Mi-26 Mil Mi-26 The Mil Mi-26 is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. In service with civilian and military operators, it is the largest and most powerful helicopter ever to have gone into production.-Design and development:... |
14 December 1977 | Heaviest and most powerful helicopter in production |
| Sikorsky-Ericcson S-64 Skycrane | 9 May 1962 | Heavy-lift "skycrane" |
| Eurocopter EC725 Super Cougar | 2005 | Largest helicopter in service with the French armed forces |
| Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion | 1981 | Largest helicopter in service with the US armed forces |
| Westland Westminster Westland Westminster |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography*James, Derek N. Westland Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam, 1991, ISBN 0 85177 847 X.-External links:*... |
June 15, 1958 | British prototype of heavy-lift helicopter |
Dirigible
- HM Airship R100R100HM Airship R100 was a privately designed and built rigid airship made as part of a two-ship competition to develop new techniques for a projected larger commercial airship for use on British empire routes...
- HM Airship R101R101R101 was one of a pair of British rigid airship completed in 1929 as part of a British government programme to develop civil airships capable of service on long-distance routes within the British Empire. It was designed and built by an Air Ministry-appointed team and was effectively in competition...
- Goodyear-Zeppelin USS AkronUSS Akron (ZRS-4)USS Akron was a helium-filled rigid airship of the United States Navy that was lost in a weather-related accident off the New Jersey coast early on April 4, 1933, killing 73 of the 76 crew and passengers on board...
and USS MaconUSS Macon (ZRS-5)USS Macon was a rigid airship built and operated by the United States Navy for scouting. She served as a "flying aircraft carrier", launching Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk biplane fighters. In service for less than two years, in 1935 Macon was damaged in a storm and lost off California's Big Sur coast,...
- US Navy airships of the 1930s - Luftschiffbau-Zeppelin LZ 129 HindenburgLZ 129 HindenburgLZ 129 Hindenburg was a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume...
and LZ130 Graf ZeppelinLZ 130 Graf ZeppelinThe Graf Zeppelin II was the last of the great German rigid airships built by the Zeppelin Luftschiffbau during the period between the World Wars, the second and final ship of the Hindenburg class named in honor of Paul von Hindenburg...
- Largest aircraft ever flown