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The article claims that it hold's the record for largest wingspan, which is 385ft. It then goes on to say that this blows away the previous record of 65ft. I do
by daveslash 9y ago
The article claims that it hold's the record for largest wingspan, which is 385ft. It then goes on to say that this blows away the previous record of 65ft. I don't know what the largest wingspan is, but I thought B-52s had a wingspan of 185ft? Error in the article?
- alpyne 9y ago"by 65 feet"
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- robbiep 9y agoIf you read a bit more carefully you'll see that the previous record holder was the Spruce Goose
- tonyhb 9y ago> previous record by 65 feet
- roywiggins 9y agoIt beats the previous record by a margin of 65 feet, I believe.
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- sparky_z 9y agoBlows past the previous record by 65 ft. The Spruce Goose[0] had a wingspan of 320 ft. (It's possible the article has been updated since you saw it to correct that.) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules
- daveslash 9y agoThank you all. My mistake. Much embarrass.