Its wingspan is longer than an American football field. And one day, this massive airplane could fer
Its wingspan is longer than an American football field. And one day, this massive airplane could ferry rockets carrying satellites into space. This month, “Stratolaunch,” what’s being billed as the “world’s largest all-composite aircraft,” successfully completed its first flight over the Mojave Desert in California. Pilots from Scaled Composites, LLC, an aviation firm founded by legendary aeronautical engineer Burt Rutan, flew the record-setting craft. Rutan designed Voyager, another record-setting craft, which in 1986 was the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling.Read more: Stratolaunch Completes Historic First Flight of Aircraft(Image Credit: Scaled Composites, LLC) -- source link
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