Tag: B-52

19Mar

By Christopher Harrow1 Comment

Aircraft Compare

B-52 vs Tu-95: The Best Old Bomber

Designed around the same time, for the same purpose, by countries on opposing sides of the Cold War, both the B-52 Stratofortress and Tu-95 Bear are some of oldest aircraft still in use with their original operators. And whilst other aircraft have come and gone out of service with the US Air Force and Soviet Air Forces (later Russian Aerospace Forces), the versatility of these two aircraft have seen them continue to be used, even as the nature of their roles have changed considerably. So which of these old bombers is the best? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); B-52 vs Tu-95: The Basics Before we can begin comparing the two bombers to one another, we must first understand the background that led to their development, and the basics of the two ...

9Oct

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

Aircraft Digest

15 Largest Aircraft in the World!

Ever since the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903, people have strived to make aircraft larger than anything that came before it. This begs the question, which are the largest aircraft in the world? There are several ways you can measure the "largest aircraft"- length, volume, number of passengers and more. For the purposes of this article, it will include aircraft that are from all three "categories" if you will. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Stratolaunch Former Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen founded and later funded the development of the Stratolaunch and designed by Burt Rutan. When it first took flight in April 2019, the Stratolaunch officially became the largest aircraft (in terms of wingspan) to ever fly. Unlike most other la...