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The H-4 Hercules could plausibly be considered larger. It has a larger wingspan, height, and cargo volume, but only ever flew once (for about a mile) and has s
by kd5bjo 6y ago
The H-4 Hercules could plausibly be considered larger. It has a larger wingspan, height, and cargo volume, but only ever flew once (for about a mile) and has significantly lower weight capacity. It was also bult several decades before the AN-225.
cf https://www.theaviationzone.com/factsheets/hk1_specs.asp https://www.theaviationzone.com/factsheets/hk1_specs.asp
- avmich 6y agoStratolaunch has widest wingspan, Hercules has highest height and Mriya is the longest/heaviest. So... they are all demonstrations for how we learned to build extreme aircrafts.