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It would be the world’s largest airplane. It’s being built by a billionaire. And it’s getting ready to fly.

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COLORADO SPRINGS — The massive airplane that Paul Allen’s aerospace company has been building in the California desert could fly for the first time as soon as this summer, officials said. (www.msn.com) 기타...

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Michael Lewis 6년 전 5

I guess this does blow the An-225 away. It's wingspan is only 290ft! MTOW on the 224 is approx. 1.4MM lbs so that's close.

Here's the graphic I was hoping to find:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Stratolaunch_comparison.svg/1024px-Stratolaunch_comparison.svg.png

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Dennis Stockton 6년 전 3

Reminds me of that awesome "peace-bomb" bomber in the 1936 film "Things to Come" except that the engines were in the middle.

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RECOR10 6년 전 3

If it was on Jeopardy the category would be "Solutions to problems we do not have"...I will take that for $1000 Alex....

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joel wiley 6년 전 2

So, who is going to spot the flight first, FlightAware or Planeplotter?

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shrudini 6년 전 1

Hopefully, FLightAware.

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chalet 6년 전 2

FLYING: please keep us updated on her first flight preparations, I would not want to miss it for anything. Thanks

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MultiComm 6년 전 3

What is the wheel base ... can it land at remote airports around the world in case of emergency without taking out a glide slope antenna or exceeding runway width?

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Michael Lewis 6년 전 2

We'll it'd certainly be limited! says it has about 1200nm range, and needs at least 12,000ft runway length!

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Darren Yorston 6년 전 3

Did you read the article? Its being built for a specific purpose. So unless there are satellites at remote airports around the world requiring launch it probably doesnt need to land at any.

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MultiComm 6년 전 4

From my comment ... “In case of emergency” ...

Yes I read the article.

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Daniel Griscom 6년 전 3

It's a reasonable question, "specific purpose" or not. You can't say that there will never be a need or desire to have it land other than at its home base.

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Jon Herd 6년 전 3

What about emergencies?

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Darren Yorston 6년 전 1

The aircraft has has a 1200nm range. Any emergency diversion is going to be within 1200nm of its origin. The aircraft's launch and maintenance facilities are at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Sure in an emergency the aircraft could divert to Canada or Mexcio but it would really seem a little odd if in an emergency it overflew all the airfield in the Western USA to land in Canada or Mexico. Though there are only three airports in Mexico over 12000ft. Only one Don Miguel Hidalgo International is technically within range at 1175nm.

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MultiComm 6년 전 4

I’m not trying to be combative here but an emergency is just that. Typically emergencies don’t allow a return to base unless you are just orbiting your base (which may be the case for the mission of this aircraft).

I am not just speaking of a single engine failure. What about decompression, multiple engine failure, electrical or fire issues, fuel leak ... the list goes on. It can happen.

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Kairho Carroll 6년 전 3

...and it just did earlier this week (Southwest 1380 at PHL).

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craigbell1941 6년 전 1

World's largest my butt, how much does it gross out?

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Kairho Carroll 6년 전 6

From the article: "maximum weight at takeoff of 1.3 million pounds"

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T C 6년 전 -2

I see lots of problems with that design for first flight and general durability in service. The article says, "If it flies successfully" and the operative word is IF. Wishing them the best and praying for the test pilots.

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