Does anyone else get the impression Stratolaunch is cheating a little bit when it comes to its "largest aircraft ever built by wingspan" title? Well, it's essentially two airliner fuselages fused ...

The Cold War was absolutely horrible for people, but totally awesome for ideas. Defense budgets were wildly inflated, and so, accordingly, were space budgets. That means designers and engineers could ...

There are probably many among you who remember what it was like to see an airplane flying in the sky with a Space Shuttle on its back. It's a sight many Americans got to experience firsthand between ...

Built from salvaged B-52 bombers, the Conroy Virtus was proposed as a massive shuttle carrier and potential air-launch platform. It featured twin fuselages, a wingspan over 450 feet, and a range of ...