The first flight of the world's largest aircraft was made (7 pics + 2 videos)

On Saturday, April 13, Stratolaunch Systems successfully conducted the first test flight of the largest aircraft in the world. The test was conducted in the Mojave Desert (California, USA).

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The experimental flight lasted two seconds.half an hour. A maximum speed of 282 km / h and an altitude of 4.6 km was reached. All devices and mechanisms worked fine. The Stratolaunch Model 351 is equipped with six Pratt & Whitney turbojet engines from the PW4056 brand. After the first flight, the plane made a successful landing.

Giant aircraft Stratolaunch Model 351,possessing two fuselages, weighing about 227 tons, with a wingspan of 117 meters and a length of 73 meters, it is intended for the air launch of spacecraft for flights to Earth orbit. The main objective of the aircraft - the removal of rockets from the dense layers of the atmosphere to a height of 10,675 meters, from where the rockets on their engines start to enter orbit. Missiles will be located between the two stratolaunch fuselages. The payload reaches 250 tons.