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-Similar to the Dreamlifter, the Airbus A300-600 Super Transporter, sometimes known as the Beluga, was specially built to transfer huge and difficult aircraft parts. The aircraft, which entered service in 1995, primarily superseded the Super Guppy, providing European demand for big air cargo. Airbus engineers in nations such as the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Spain designed and produced various components of the craft. Its 124-foot-long payload bay can hold over 5tons.
+Similar to the Dreamlifter, the Airbus A300-600 Super Transporter, sometimes known as the Beluga, was specially built to transfer huge and difficult aircraft parts. The aircraft, which entered service in 1995, primarily superseded the Super Guppy, providing European demand for big air cargo. Airbus engineers in nations such as the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Spain designed and produced various components of the craft. Its 124-foot-long payload bay can hold over 47 tons. [([[https://www.airbus.com/aircraft/freighter/beluga.html|Airbus]])]
+===== BelugaXL =====
+The plane is enormous. It's 206 feet long and has the world's largest cross section of any freight plane. The huge plane is kept aloft by two Rolls-Royce Trent 700 turbofan engines. [([[https://www.airbus.com/aircraft/freighter/belugaxl.html|Airbus]])]
+===== Boeing 747 =====
+The planes have operated as the world's largest passenger and cargo aircraft, a military command center in the sky, Air Force One, and NASA's space shuttle lifter and infrared telescope flier. In addition, Iron Maiden has one named Ed Force One. [([[https://www.flightglobal.com/boeing-747-information/72850.article|Flightglobal]])]
+===== Boeing C-17 Globemaster III =====
+The primary workhorse is the C-17 Globemaster. The aircraft first flew in 1991, and 279 Globemasters have been manufactured since then. The C-17 airlifter has a payload capacity of 75 tons and can fly operations all over the world transporting personnel and goods, performing airlifts and medical evacuations, and flying airdrop routes.[([[https://www.boeing.com/defense/c-17-globemaster-iii/#/facts|Boeing]])]
+===== Airbus A380 =====
+The Airbus A380 is the European 747, and the A380-800 is the world's largest passenger airplane, seating 850 people. It flies some of the world's longest routes. [([[https://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-airplanes-list-airbus-boeing-passenger-cargo-military-2019-8?IR=T|Business Insider]])]
+===== McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender =====
+The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender is the world's largest fuel capacity tanker aircraft. With a 164-foot wingspan, the aircraft can transport a vast amount of fuel—52,250 gallons. [([[https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104520/kc-10-extender/|Air Force]])]
+===== Stratolaunch =====
+Paul Allen's Stratolaunch is a beast of a plane. The composite six-engine, twin-fuselage aircraft boasts the world's largest wingspan: 385 feet from tip to tip. Stratolaunch's wings would extend a further 12.5 feet through the goalposts on both sides if it were positioned on a football field. The plane is designed to take rockets into the stratosphere and drop them there, where they will launch into space. [([[https://www.wired.com/story/stratolaunch-airplane-burt-rutan-paul-allen/|Wired]])]
+===== Tupolev Tu-160 (Blackjack) =====
+The Tupolev Tu-160 is the world's largest and heaviest supersonic and combat aircraft. The aircraft is also the largest variable-geometry "swing wing" aircraft. The Tu-160 (NATO code: Blackjack) has a wing span of 183 feet. Only 36 of the planes were ever constructed. The Tu-160, designed by the Soviet Union, first flew in 1981 and went on to set 44 world records. It was the last bomber built for the Soviet Union. [([[https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/tu-160-blackjack/|Airforce Technology]])]
+{{tag>flight technology}}

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