Ilyushin Il-76
This aircraft was built during the tensest times of the Cold War and is still operational today. In fact, there are over a thousand of them in use around the world. The Ilyushin II-76 was a multi-purpose, four-engine turbofan airlifted developed for the USSR that was intended to be a commercial freighter but was instead adopted by the Russian military. It is capable of transporting some of the world’s most powerful machinery and military vehicles.
Ilyushin Il 76
Convair B-36 Peacemaker
From 1949 to 1959, the United States Air Force flew the Convair B-36 Peacemaker. It was only in production for a short time, but it is still the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built. With a wingspan of 230 feet, it was the largest combat aircraft ever built. The B-36 was unique in that it could deliver any nuclear weapon in the US arsenal at the time without needing to be modified. Near the end of the 1950s, it was replaced by the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
Convair B 36 Peacemaker
