11 minutes agoThe World's Largest Airplane Flys
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The largest aircraft in the world ascended to heaven over the Mojave Desert in California. This is the first flight of carbon-made aircraft from the company “Stratolaunch Systems Corp” The white plane, called “Roc”, whose wing width is the size of an American football field, has six engines. [...]
The white plane, called “Roc”, whose wing width is the size of an American football field, has six engines. He started flying at 7: 00 a.m. on local Pacific times. This plane stayed in the air for more than two hours, while its landing on the runway was met with the applause of many.
What a fantastic flight. Today's flight takes our mission to offer a flexible alternative. We are very proud of our company team, today's flight crew, our partners and the runway that was used today”, said company chief “Stratolauch”, Jean Floyd.
This aircraft can launch rockets and carry other flying machines that weigh up to 226 thousand pounds [226 kg] at an altitude of 8,600 feet [10,600 m]. Saturday's flight took place in order to test performance and management of the plane. The company announced that the plane reached the maximum speed of 304 miles per hour at an altitude of 580 feet [180 m] from the ground.
The company plans to expand the future market of these planes, which will be used to send satellites into space. In this way, they would compete with other companies doing the job, writes “Reuters.
