The 747 is of course the other very large passenger jet.

Biggest jet ever. During the Falklands war some were fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinders giving them the. The A380 is the largest passenger jet ever built by passenger capacity volume weight and wingspan. The aircraft also holds the title for the largest variable-geometry swing wing aircraft.

This 20 year old engine STILL holds the mantle of worlds most powerful jet is engine and its not really all that close. Its going to attempt a round the world flight. As test aircraft.

The Solar Impulse 2 is the largest solar-powered plane in the world with a wingspan larger than that of a 747 but a weight of just over 5000 lbs. The Tupolev Tu-160 is the largest heaviest supersonic and combat aircraft ever constructed. Based on the Convair B-36 Bomber this plane was the biggest land-based transport aircraft with a piston-engine to have ever been built.

The Top 10 Largest Planes Ever Made Airbus A380. The latest 747-8 is the largest version. Aviation has come a long way since 1903 when the Wright Brothers Flyer-1 aircraft first took to the skies.

Only one of these huge planes was ever built as a prototype back in the 1940s. You forgot about the largest of them all the hawker siddeley Nimrod MR2.