Airplanes grew rapidly in size after the dawn of the aviation age in the early 20th Century. Howard Hughes' incredible Spruce Goose was a 218 foot long behemoth that only took the air once, but this ...

A Colorado-based startup is touting a massive new cargo plane as an airlift option for the Pentagon. The Windrunner is supposed to easily carry four modern fighter jets or six Chinooks. While it's ...

The C-17 is the most popular Western strategic airlifter, and it boasts many advantages over freighter aircraft.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) initiated a program in December 1979, known as the Cargo-Experimental (C-X) competition, as a means of finding a new strategic airlift aircraft that was ...

Regent craft has a working 12 passenger version and has sales for a 100 passenger seaplane that would be about three times more fuel efficient than other planes. They do not need as much weight as ...

You'll notice that some of the world's most powerful military transport planes, such as the Boeing C-17 Globemaster (pictured), have their wings way up top, above the fuselage. This is different from ...

China’s Tengden displayed a large modular uncrewed cargo aircraft at Aero Asia 2025 in Zhuhai on Nov. 27-30. The D18, with a 4,350-kg (9,600-lb.) gross weight, is a member of Tengden’s Twin-Tailed ...

Air White Whale’s W5000 is the largest uncrewed cargo aircraft yet to emerge in China. Credit: Air White Whale As China continues its drive to build a low-altitude economy, one aspect sets Beijing’s ...