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What was the

biggest aircraft?

At 804 ft (245 m) long,

the Zeppelin airships
Graf Zeppelin II and
Hindenburg, built in

Germany in the 1930s,
were the largest aircraft

The Boeing 747-400D, ever to take to the skies.
launched in 1991, can
carry up to 600 passengers,
compared to the 72-person
capacity of Graf Zeppelin II.
FAST FACTS

Airbus A380
238.6 ft 8 in (72.72 m)
Each of the four
engine cars were
manned by a
mechanic at all
times during flights. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental
250 ft 3 in (76.25 m)

Antonov An-225
275 ft 8 in (84 m)

The Antonov An-225 is the world’s longest
airplane—longer than the Airbus 380 and the
Boeing 747. Designed to carry Buran, the
Russian Space Shuttle, on its back, it now
finds work transporting outsized cargo items.

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