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From: beecher@sdcrdcf.UUCP (J.P. Beecher)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: World's Biggest Airplane
Message-ID: <479@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Aug-83 18:45:14 EDT
Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.479
Posted: Mon Aug 29 18:45:14 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 31-Aug-83 08:05:55 EDT
Reply-To: beecher@sdcrdcf.UUCP (J.P. Beecher)
Organization: System Development Corporation, Santa Monica
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There are a lot of advertisements that say Howard Hughes Spruce Goose is the
worlds largest aircraft.  I have personally toured the C5A transport at an
air show here at El Toro Marine Air Station in Orange County.  The Spruce
Goose might have a larger wing span, but the C5A is incredibly massive.
Does anybody know if the worlds largest aircraft (Spruce Goose) gets its
claim to fame from its wingspan or from its actual bulk (dispacement)? It
seems to me the C5A might be bigger in displacement. Any specs or comments
appreciated.

			 Sincerely, J.P. Beecher