World Largest plane just out
If you had been allowed to kick the tires as the world's largest airplane was rolled out for the first time Wednesday, it might have taken you a while.
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Stratolaunch is designed to release rockets that will carry satellites into pace, It has a 385-foot wingspan, it also has six engines used by the Boeing 747, it stands 50 feet tall and can carry more than 500,000 pounds of payload.
The twin-fuselage aircraft with 28 wheels, the baby of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen was pulled out of its Mojave Air and space Port hangar in California to begin fueling tests. The first of many ground tests.
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Stratolaunch will take off from a runway. it will fly to the approximate cruising altitude of a commercial airlineer before launching a lunch vehicle. "As the launch vehicle rockets into orbit, Stratolaunch will fly back to runway landing for reloading, refueling and reuse" Allen says.
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