15 Most Incredible Airplanes In The World

the wright brothers will be forever remembered for cracking the possibility of human flight yet we bet even they would be surprised by how far their humble creation has come in the years since these are the most incredible airplanes in the world [Applause] number 15 solar impulse the solar impulse was built by a swiss company who planned on it becoming the first airplane to circumnavigate the world using solar power as its only energy source it has one seat and is able to take off without assistance and the first prototype took flight in 2009 a second craft was then built with more solar panels with learning from the first and it was this one that would go on to set the record the program to develop a fully functioning solar plane cost around 100 million dollars and finally after completing legs over 16 months the project was a success with the plane completing its 26 000 mile journey the craft known as the solar impulse 2 is 73.5 feet long has a wingspan of 236 feet and a height of 20.9 feet it's covered with 17 248 solar cells across the wings fuelage and tail plane and uses four electric motors to power the 13.1 foot propellers its top speed is 87 miles per hour but with a cruising speed of around 56 miles per hour and 37 miles per hour at night time it isn't exactly the fastest mode of transportation that of course wasn't the point of this plane and it's hoped that the technology that was developed in its production will be used in the future to enable the design of faster and larger aircraft that may soon mean that the days of aircraft powered by fuel will be over like this video smash the subscribe button and click the notification bell right now or this centipede will crawl on your face when you're sleeping [Music] now it's time for the juicy topic there have been a few double decker planes in existence for a while now but some plane designers have loftier ambitions meet the airbus a390 a triple decker plane working with six jet engines this airbus can carry a whopping 1000 passengers making it the biggest plane in the world while this is fantastic for carrying more passengers than usual it does come with cons for one there is a notable reduction in the plane's flight range now only 7 500 miles still pretty impressive though what do you think is this the limit when it comes to plane size or are we a few years away from a quadruple decker aircraft remember to comment down below with the hashtag juicytopic and let us know your opinion in relation to what we just showed on screen and now to the next topic number taylor aerocar have you ever dreamt of being able to drive your car and when the traffic gets too bad you can always simply take off into the skies well it's not such a new idea and the first ones that were able to do this actually were built in 1949. they were designed and created by aerocar international from longview washington and while they never entered full production six prototypes were completed the wings were foldable which meant that the car would be converted into a plane in just five minutes and they had a top speed of 60 miles per hour on the road and 110 miles per hour in the air the cars received official certification to fly from the caa in 1956 but due to the lack of demand the company was unable to attract enough orders to make it worthwhile the build quality was impressive however and one of the cars was still able to fly as recently as 2008 they were 21 feet and 6 inches long with a wingspan of 34 feet amazingly they had a flight range of 300 miles which would have been more than enough to escape a traffic jam even though the taylor aerocar never took off in the public's imagination it's proof that such vehicles can be made and who knows we might see a new attempt at bringing this type of hybrid vehicle to the market soon number 13 cirrus sr-22 if you're looking for your own private aircraft then you can't do much better than the cirrus sr-22 [Music] the model was first released in 2001 and since 2003 has been the best-selling private aircraft every year 6149 of them had been delivered to customers up to the beginning of 2020 which means it's one of the most produced aircraft of the century the list price for a base model sr22 is 629 900 and it's ideal for the transport of up to four people it has a length of 26 feet a wingspan of 28 feet and 4 inches and a crew speed of 211 miles per hour with a range of just over 1 000 miles it's also a popular choice for flight schools and small air taxi services over the years several upgrades have been added to the design to make it easier to fly and safer such as the installation of a ballistic parachute system that has so far been deployed more than 79 times and has saved at least 163 passengers it also has an advanced flight deck and if you want further capabilities there are options to turbo charge the engine and make other aerodynamic improvements number 12 voyager the use of aircraft increased dramatically during the 20th century but no matter the design each one was limited by the distance it could fly simply because it wasn't efficient enough to carry more fuel it was only in 1984 that the first circumnavigation of the globe took place without the need for stopping or refueling and the record went to the root and model 76 voyager amazingly the design was first sketched out on a napkin and the finished plane took five years to build it was made from fiberglass and carbon fiber and weighed two thousand two hundred and fifty pounds when full of fuel it was just under 30 feet long and had a wingspan of just under 111 feet with an astonishing theoretical maximum range of almost 25 000 miles it was flown by dick rooten and jaina yeager and they began their landmark journey at edwards air force base in the mohave desert in december of 1986. the flight took them 9 days 3 minutes and 44 seconds which is also a flight endurance record and saw them cover a distance of 26 366 miles at an average altitude of 11 000 feet this meant they traveled at an average speed of around 122 miles per hour and proved that with the right design flight can be far more economical than anyone had been able to achieve before number 11 gossamer albatross the mccready gossamer albatross might look like an old design but this was a plane that was conceived and built for its first flight in 1979 if you look closely you might notice what's different about this aircraft compared to others because it doesn't actually have any engines and is completely human powered it was made by paul mccready an american aeronautics designer and it was specifically designed to complete the second kramer prize which was a challenge set by henry cramer to encourage human-powered flight mccready had won the first prize for flying a one mile figure of eight course with the gossamer condor but a lot more thought needed to go into the albatross to complete this challenge which was to successfully fly across 22.2 miles of the english channel the plane is 34 feet long has a wingspan of 97 feet and 8 inches and a top speed presuming the pilot is in shape of 18 miles per hour it succeeded at the challenge on june 12 1979 when pilot brian allen completed the crossing in two hours and 49 minutes for their efforts they received 140 thousand dollars which today would be worth five times that amount number 10 eurocopter x3 built by airbus helicopters the eurocopter x3 is what they describe as a high-speed long-range hybrid helicopter only one has ever been built and it's based upon the design of a eurocopter as but with the addition of short wings which each have their own propeller this design allows it to reach higher speeds than other helicopters because the main rotor speed can be slowed meaning that it creates less drag and the extra stability the additional propellers provide means that it doesn't need the auto stabilization technologies that you find in other designs on a test flight in 2013 the x3 managed to reach a horizontal speed of 293 miles per hour which smashed the previous helicopter speed record it's flown by two crew members and cruises at an altitude of 10 000 feet with the technology that was designed specifically for this vehicle the company is aiming to develop even faster variations and hopes to be able to put one of them into wider production as for the x3 it served its purpose well and is now on display at the french air museum in saint victoret number 9 root and boomerang with small multi-engined aircraft if one of the engines fails there can be severely detrimental effect to handling which in many cases can make it virtually impossible to fly safely bert rooten an aerospace designer attempted to combat this problem by the design of the root and boomerang an unusual looking plane that is perfectly fine to fly even if one of the propellers isn't working it has space for one pilot and four passengers and is 30 feet and 8 inches long with a wingspan of 36 feet and 8 inches it can reach a maximum speed of 311 miles per hour and a range of 2363 miles it's based around the design of the twin-engine beechcraft baron 58 but by using a symmetrical design can fly faster and feel more stable than the baron can it has forward-swept wings and surprisingly the engine on the right is purposely rated to be able to generate 10 horsepower more than the one on the left only one was ever built and completed its maiden flight in 1996. the idea never took off in a commercial sense but it's with designs like these that further knowledge of the principles of flight can be learned and incorporated into future concepts number eight super guppy the aerospace line super guppy is one of the strangest shaped aircraft you'll ever see but there's a reason why the fuel inch has such a bulbous design it's perfect for carrying large cargo components it was in fact crucial to the american apollo program because it was the only plane capable of transporting the sivb which was the third stage of the saturn v rocket it was built by airbus based on the fuelage of a c97j turbo stratocruiser which was the military specification of boeing's stratocruiser the base fuelage was extended to 141 feet long and widened to have an internal diameter of 25 feet it could carry a load of up to 54 000 pounds and even with this it was able to fly at a cruising speed of 300 miles per hour five super guppies were built four of which are now on display at aircraft museums around the world and the fifth is still in service for nasa and is based at the el paso international airport in texas where they use it for transporting essential components between testing facilities and launch pads number seven f-22 raptor between 2005 and 2011 the f-22 raptor became the backbone of the american air force with 187 aircraft brought into operation and conducting missions in regions across the world it was designed by lockheed martin aeronautics [Music] and combined stealth speed and maneuverability to become the most adaptive and effective military aircraft that had ever been seen at the time each f-22 is believed to have cost 150 million dollars and is designed to be able to engage in tactical operations at speeds of around mach 1.5 at altitudes of 50 000 feet it has a glass cockpit and is equipped with the latest avionic systems the most impressive of which is a passive radar detection system that enables the pilot to avoid being seen by the enemy the f-22 has three weapon bays that can carry a variety of bombs depending on the mission requirements and it's so accurate that a test showed it was capable of dropping a gbu-32j dam from an altitude of 50 000 feet at a speed of mach 1.5 and successfully hit a moving target that was 24 miles away the f-22 gave the air force a significant aerial advantage and it's because of technology like this that the usaf is the most effective in the world number six boeing 747 the boeing 747 is perhaps the most recognizable passenger plane in the world after first entering service in january of 1970 surprisingly it wasn't actually boeing's idea but came about because of a request by pan am airways for a jet that was two and a half times the size of their previous model the 707 it was because of the 747 that the economies of flying became accessible to the mass public and aeronautic historians credit it with turning air travel into what it is today the jumbo jets are powered by four engines can carry on average 366 passengers and are partially two floors at the front the design of the raised cockpit wasn't necessary but boeing decided it should be like this to facilitate the craft to be converted into a cargo transporter as they didn't think it would be used for passengers for very long with the imminent arrival of supersonic travel and since its introduction 1557 747s have been produced they cost around 200 million dollars each and are still to this day the workhorse of passenger air travel number five bdbd5j let's face it we've all dreamt of having our own personal airplanes to get around in and the future where this happens can't come fast enough but the dream has already become a reality for a lucky few because in 1971 the bdbd5 was introduced to the world by american aircraft designer jim beatty these microplanes were available in kit form so owners could be able to piece them together themselves and came with a 70 horsepower engine they were 13 feet and 7 inches long had a wingspan of 21 feet and 6 inches and space inside for just one pilot in a reclinable chair the planes could reach a top speed of 232 miles per hour with a range of just under 1 000 miles which meant these aircraft were heralded as the future of personal travel in the end though only 150 were ever made but 30 of those are thought to still be operational today one variation of design holds the record for being the lightest single engine aircraft ever weighing just pounds and had the company not gone bankrupt during production of the kits the world of transport could have been very different than it is today number four v22 osprey the v22 osprey was built by boeing and bell helicopters for the us military and is a tilt rotor aircraft that can take off and land both vertically or horizontally their design is basically a hybrid of traditional aircraft and helicopters and despite the first flight taking place in 1989 they first entered the military service in 2007 and have since been involved in missions around the world in places such as iraq kuwait and afghanistan they require a crew of three or four people but can carry an additional 32 passengers in the rear they can also carry 20 000 pounds worth of equipment and even a growler land vehicle if needed the craft is 57 feet and 4 inches long has a wingspan of 45 feet and 10 inches and has a top speed of 316 miles per hour with a range of 450 miles the rotors can conveniently be folded up to make it take far less space on the ground and as well being fitted with the latest technology and defense and counter measures v22 ospreys also come equipped with an m240 machine gun and a gau-17 mini gun they have been found to be so adaptive that plans are for them to be used in a wider range of missions from 2021 and they may sooner become a regular site on the battlefields of the future number three lockheed sr-71 blackbird developed by lockheed martin's sunk works division in the 1960s the sr-71 blackbird is a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft that allows the us air force to monitor foreign territories with very little chance of being seen the black bird has an operating altitude of 85 000 feet travels at a cruising speed of mach 3 and remains the fastest plane ever built that uses air breathing engines 32 of them were built and they were used by the air force between 1964 and 1998 none were ever shot down by the enemy because not only did they operate at such high altitudes and speeds but they also were virtually invisible to radar systems as a spy aircraft they were equipped with optical and infrared imaging systems airborne radar electronic intelligence gathering systems and counter defense systems to evade enemy aircraft one of the more unusual things about the blackbird is that it rarely took off with full fuel tanks just in case an engine failed and also to reduce the pressure exerted on the brakes and tires this meant that usually they would conduct an in-air refueling typically from a kc-135q stratotanker immediately after takeoff number two concord there have only ever been two designs of supersonic passenger aircraft to ever go into commercial use and the concord was by far the most famous and successful they were developed as a collaborative project between the uk and france and were first introduced to paying passengers in 1976. incredibly they were able to reach twice the speed of sound and the fastest it ever made the trip between new york and london was just 2 hours and 52 minutes a fraction of the time it takes subsonic jets to do everything about the concorde was designed for speed from the drooping nose that allowed pilots to see out the cockpit in the airport but would raise up to make it more aerodynamic in the air to the streamlined fuelage shape that gave relatively little room inside it could only accommodate up to 128 passengers at a time and this ultimately would become its downfall the jets were very expensive to produce and meant that ticket prices were the equivalent of almost thirteen thousand dollars in today's money people had to seriously want to save a few hours flight time to travel in this way and when extra challenges in the airline industry made profit margins tight after 2001 along with several accidents the concorde made its final flight in 2003 number one gluten very easy bert rutin created the rootin very easy as a built at home aircraft for hobbyists and those wanting their own personal mode of air transport at a fraction of the cost of larger jets with a length of 14 feet and 2 inches and a wingspan of 22 feet there's room inside for one pilot and one passenger it can reach a top speed of 195 miles per hour and has a range of 850 miles before needing to refuel more than 400 of them were built following the first successful flight in 1975 and the company even sold just the plans so customers could source the parts on their own it was a very popular design using what's known as the canard formation with the propeller at the rear and when it's parked on the ground its nose is used as the front rest which also makes it easier for the pilot to get into the cockpit pioneers like burt rutin made aircraft accessible to individual pilots and have likely paved the way for personal airplanes that we may all be able to use in the near future which of these airplanes did you find to be most incredible and have you ever been lucky enough to fly on one of them yourself make sure to let us know in the comments section also check out our other cool stuff showing up on 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Length: 21min 43sec (1303 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 22 2020