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4 Responses to “The largest plane in the world”

1. macheath, on October 13th, 2012 at 15:23 Said:

   You can see why Roland Emmerich wanted one of these for ’2012′ – “We’re going to need a bigger plane!”

   
   
2. Amfortas, on October 14th, 2012 at 09:14 Said:

   Not that it can fly to many places. Even its (slightly) smaller cousin nearly doesn’t make it.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgd8kqwGMTs

   The controller’s comment at 2.10 is worth waiting for.

   
   
3. James Higham, on October 14th, 2012 at 09:40 Said:

   We’ve run that clip before – it’s a goodun.

   
   
4. Lord T, on October 14th, 2012 at 18:32 Said:

   Watched one take off in reallife. It just didn’t look like it was going to make it then all of a suddn it was up and, very slowly, away.