The biggest plane in the world takes off next year

(Photo: Jelena Đelić)

At Mohave center for aircraft testing in California, at the moment, one of the biggest planes in the world has been made. The wing range of "Stratolaunch Carrier" aircraft totals 117 m and will be started by 6 engines of , 747 class.

The plane could be used in the future as a big, air surface which would enavle easier and cheaper sending of aircrafts to space.

New plane was made by Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft in cooperation with co-founder of Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan.

The plane will develop height of 9.145 meters, wherefrom rockets will be launched. This way, fuel costs will be a lot lower than the ones made during the launch on the land.