The world's largest land plane, the XC-99, made its first flight in San Diego on 23 November 1947. The XC-99, serial 43-52436, is a double deck transport variant of the B-36. It has a considerably larger fuselage, but was never fitted with jet pods. The wingspan is the same 230 feet, but the...
1940s
1950s
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cold war
consolidated vultee
convair
heavy transport
korean war
military airtransport service
nuclear powered aircraft
pan am
pan american world airways
post-world war ii
united states air force
united states army air forces
world war ii
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