
|
year |
largest airplane then flying |
largest airplane ever flown |
|
1933 |
Tupolev TB-4 |
Tupolev TB-4 |
|
1934 |
Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorki |
Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorki |
|
1935 |
Tupolev TB-4 |
Maxim Gorki |
|
1936 |
TB-4 |
Maxim Gorki |
|
1937 |
TB-4 |
Maxim Gorki |
|
1938 |
Tupolev ANT-20 bis |
Maxim Gorki |
|
1939 |
ANT-20 bis |
Maxim Gorki |
|
1940 |
ANT-20 bis |
Maxim Gorki |
|
1941 |
Boeing XB-19 |
Boeing XB-19 |
|
1942 |
XB-19 |
XB-19 |
|
1943 |
XB-19 |
XB-19 |
|
1944 |
XB-19 |
XB-19 |
|
1945 |
XB-19 |
XB-19 |
|
1946 |
Convair B-36 Peacemaker |
Convair B-36 Peacemaker |
|
1947 |
Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" |
Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" |
|
1948 |
Convair B-36 Peacemaker |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1949 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1950 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1951 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1952 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1953 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1954 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1955 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1956 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1957 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1958 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1959 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1960 |
Martin JRM Mars |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1961 |
Mars |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1962 |
Mars |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1963 |
Mars |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1964 |
Mars |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1965 |
Antonov An-22 Antheus |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1966 |
An-22 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1967 |
An-22 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1968 |
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1969 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1970 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1971 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1972 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1973 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1974 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1975 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1976 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1977 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1978 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1979 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1980 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1981 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1982 |
Antonov An-124 Ruslan |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1983 |
An-124 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1984 |
An-124 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1985 |
An-124 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1986 |
An-124 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1987 |
An-124 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1988 |
Antonov An-225 Mriya |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1989 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1990 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1991 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1992 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1993 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1994 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1995 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1996 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1997 |
Antonov An-124 Ruslan |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1998 |
An-124 |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
1999 |
AeroVironment Helios |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
2000 |
Helios |
"Spruce Goose" |
|
2001 |
Helios |
"Spruce Goose" |
Written by Michael Trout
