According to Joseph Earl Dabney's "Herk: Hero of the Skies," the plane's wingspan cleared ... it does still hold the record for the largest aircraft to ever land and take off from a carrier.

It didn’t take long for SpaceX to become a leader ... more The Stratolaunch plane is the largest plane on the planet, by wingspan, measuring some 385 feet from wingtip to wingtip, and it looks ...