WORLD’S LARGEST PLANE
15, Apr 2019

Prelims level : Science & Technology
Mains level : Science & Technology | Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, Nano-technology, bio-technology
Why in News?
- The world’s largest aircraft took off over the Mojave Desert in California, the first flight for the carbon-composite plane built by Strato launch Systems
Highlights:
- The white airplane called Roc, which has a wingspan the length of an American football field and is powered by six engines on a twin fuselage.
- The plane can be used to launch satellites
- It has a wingspan the length of an American football field and is powered by six engines on a twin fuselage
- It is carbon-composite