World’s Largest Aircraft,’Stratoluanch Roc’ Successfully Completes Second Test Flight
- The world’s largest plane ‘Stratoluanch Roc’ successfully completed test flight for a second time recently over the Southern California desert.
- The test flight lasted for about three hours and 14 minutes and the vehicle reached an altitude of 14,000-feet (about 2.6 miles) at a top speed of 199 mph.
- The first successful flight by aircraft was undertaken in April 2019. The second flight was longer than the plane’s first test flight, however it traveled at lower altitudes than the previous travel.
- The behemoth aircraft has two fuselages, six engines and a wingspan of 385 feet.
- The aircraft has been designed by the American aerospace company, Stratolaunch and nicknamed “Roc”.
- The name Roc is taken after the mythological bird, which is said to carry off elephants as prey.
- The aircraft will be used to launch rockets and space vehicles from high atmospheric locations into the stars.