LARGEST AIRPLANE(S)

The Felixstowe Fury was the largest triplane seaplane ever built.
123 foot wings, 18,550 pounds

Airbus A340-600's are among the largest airplanes. They are the second longest mass produced aircraft.
208 foot wings, 392,000 pounds

Nakajima G10N Fugaku's were to be the largest airplanes that Japan intended to produce as a long range heavy bombers, able to attack the U.S. mainland from Japan. The war ended before they could be built.
206.7 foot wings, 96,600 pounds

The Martin Mars water bombers are the largest airplanes that were prop driven water bombers, and the largest production seaplanes. The aircraft, which were produced in 1945, were recently retired.
202.5 foot wings, 76,600 pounds

Blohm & Voss BV 238 was a one of a kind Luftwaffe WW II seaplane. It was their largest airplane ever built during World War II.
197.4 foot wings, 120,600 pounds

The Boeing/Evergreen 747 Supertanker, a converted Boeing 747-400, is the world's largest airplane blaze fighting tanker. It has a capacity of 19,600 gallons.
211.5 foot wings, 404,600 pounds

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress are the largest airplanes used as U.S. jet bombers and the backbone of today's U.S. heavy bomber fleet.
184.9 foot wings, 185,000 pounds

Messerschmidt Me-323's largest airplanes were essentially gliders fitted with motors. They were used as Luftwaffe WW II transports.
183.1 foot wings, 34,000 pounds

Tupolev Tu-160's are the largest airplanes flown as the world's heaviest bombers.
182.8 foot wings, 242,500 pounds

Two Northrop XB-35's were produced. They were the largest prop driven airplanes ever manufactured as flying wings. They never went into production.
172.1 foot wings 90,000 pounds

Junkers Ju 390's were among the largest airplanes that Germany built as long range WW II bomber prototypes.
165.1 foot wings, 87,100 pounds

McDonnell Douglas DC-10 are among the largest airplanes flying today as cargo planes, water bombers, and USAF air-to-air refueling aircraft.
155.3 foot wings, 267,000 pounds

Blohm & Voss BV 222 Viking aircraft were mass produced and flew during WWII. They were the largest airplanes used by the Luftwaffe as production seaplanes deployed during the War.
151 foot wings, 67,575 pounds

Airbus A300's are among the largest airplanes flown as passenger carriers. They are the first ever two engine wide cabin aircraft to fly.
147.1 foot wings, 198,500 pounds

Mitsubishi Ki-20's were the largest airplanes that Japan produced as WW II bombers.
144.3 foot wings, 32,875 pounds

Linke-Hofman R.II were the largest airplanes, single propeller driven biplanes. Two bomber prototypes of the aircraft were produced during WW1. They each had four engines linked together turning a single huge propeller.
138.3 foot wings, 17,640 pounds

Tupolev TB-3s largest airplanes were the first monoplane four engine heavy bombers of the Soviet Union.
137.1 foot wings, 24,700 pounds

Beriev A-40's are the largest airplanes currently flying as jet powered seaplanes. Thus far two prototypes have been produced.
135.5 foot wings, 127,270 pounds

The Tarrant Tabor was the largest airplane of the time, when produced.
131.1 foot wings, 24,750 pounds

CANT Z511 were the largest airplanes built as seaplanes during World War Two.
130.8 foot wings, 45,000 pounds

Douglas DC-7 were the largest airplanes with piston engines built by the Douglas Aircraft Co.
127.5 foot wings, 72,760 pounds

Curtiss C-46 Commando twin engine U.S. transports were among the largest airplanes with twin engines to serve as transports during World War II.
108 foot wings, 33,000 pounds

The Sikorsky Ilya Murometz were the largest airplanes used as four engine strategic bombers, when first deployed.
97.8 foot wings, 6,930 pounds

Tupolev Tu-144 were the largest airplanes flown as Russian supersonic airliners.
95.5 foot wings, 187,400 pounds

Tupolev ANT-4's largest airplanes of their time flown as Soviet all-metal bombers .
94.1 foot wings, 9,965 pounds

The Sikorsky Russky Vityaz were the largest airplanes with four engines when first flown.
88.6 foot wings, 7,500 pounds

Short Bombers were the largest airplanes produced as single engine biplanes. They also had a longer wingspan than any single engine monoplanes. They were deployed during World War I as both land based bombers and torpedo bomber seaplanes.
84 foot wings, 5,000 pounds