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number one Boeing 747 dream lifter in the 2000s Boeing found that it needed a cargo plane with an enormous amount of storage to transport components for the 787 Dreamliner which has parts made all over the world the solution was to take its biggest plane the 747 to build a custom cargo hold around them at six to five thousand cubic feet the dream lifter has the largest cargo hold in the world capable of Cairo three times a volume for the favour the fourth dream lifters Boeing made also use the longest car the whole Road whoa and can hold payloads up 225 times number two in tone of an-124 ruslan another monster designed and built by the in tone of design during the USSR the an-124 ruslan operated by the russian air force is the largest military aircraft in the world for almost 30 years after its production in 1984 the an-124 was the largest and heaviest cargo aircraft in the world other than the single a and 225 the 747 - 8 s overtook the an-124 in 2011 with a reported payload capacity of 165 Thoms the an-124 can hold even more than the c5 galaxy though its range is not as long a surviving engineering triumph of the Soviets the an-124 continues to fly air lifting missions for Russia number three Boeing b-52 the beef of the to enter service in 1955 and the first b-52h the currently serving model was introduced in 1961 b-52 bomber is the grandfather of the air force aging but still capable of delivering a serious punch it can carry 70,000 pounds of weapons from precision-guided conventional bombs to nuclear warheads while the b-2 stealth bomber and the b1 supersonic bomber could be retired when the b21 is introduced the Air Force wants to outfit the reliable b-52 with new engines to improve efficiency and range while the giant bomber enters its sixth decade of service the technology within its hold is ever-evolving as the Air Force is also planning to equip the b-52 with the long-range standoff missile a stealthy nuclear cruise missile number four airbus beluga the airbus a300 600 super transporter commonly called the beluga was designed specifically to transport large and awkward aircraft parts similar to the freighter entering service in 1995 the aircraft largely reclaimed the super guppy serving European needs for large air cargo different parts of the crop were designed and build by Airbus engineers across Europe and countries including the UK Germany France and Spain its 124 foot long payload Bay can carry almost institutons number-5 Strato lunch bowl Allen's straddle launch has yet to fly so we cannot say it dominates the skies just yet but it certainly is a monster plane the six engine twin fuselage aircraft designed and built by Scaled Composites has the longest wingspan in the world 385 feet from tip to tip if you play straddle launch on a football field the wings would extend through the goal posts an extra 12 feet on both sides the aircraft is designed to carry rockets up into the stratosphere and drop them where they would then launch to space the alternative to conventional rocket launches could conserve some of the fuel needed to overcome all of Earth's gravity from sea level into orbit and launch small rockets at a rapid pace straddle launch could carry as many as three small launch vehicles at a time straddle launch recently conducted low-speed runway tests the first time it moved under the power of its six pratt & whitney turbofans high-speed runway tests are next and when this plane eventually takes to the skies it will be the biggest monster of them all hit that like button if you enjoyed this video and don't forget to subscribe and tell us what you think in the comment section below you you