Antonov An-124
The Antonov Design Bureau built the 226-foot aircraft in the 1980s, and it has since become synonymous with both military and commercial aviation. There were over 50 of them made and used all over the world. It was a strategic airlift quad-jet that was the world’s second-heaviest cargo plane and had been the world’s heaviest cargo plane for thirty years. It was eventually surpassed by the Antonov AN-225, which you’ll learn about in a moment.
Antonov An 124
HK-1
The HK 1, or “Spruce Goose” as it was known because it was almost entirely made of birch, was designed as a transatlantic transport plane during WWII. The only issue was that it was not completed in time to be put into operation. It was only flown once by the US military in 1947, and only one prototype was ever built. The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum now has it on display.
HK 1
