"The Windrunner is meant to offer 12 times the cargo space of Boeing's C-17 Globemaster III, the Pentagon's primary heavy-lift carrier, according to Radia, its maker based in Boulder, Colorado. The company said in a press release on Friday that it was proposing its product as an "ultra-large air cargo aircraft" for moving weapons platforms and transports. It originally built the Windrunner to airlift wind turbine fan blades as long as 330 feet."
"With a wingspan of 261 feet and a length of 356 feet, the Windrunner is supposed to carry payloads as long as 344 feet, as wide as 33 feet, and as tall as nearly 30 feet. That would make Radia's plane larger than the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the Soviet Union's sole gargantuan cargo plane with six engines. The An-22 held the record as the world's biggest aircraft, but was destroyed during a battle in Ukraine in April 2022."
Radia's Windrunner is an ultra-large cargo aircraft designed to transport oversized items, originally built to carry wind turbine fan blades up to 330 feet. The design offers roughly 12 times the cargo volume of a C-17 Globemaster III while listing a payload weight near 160,000 pounds, slightly below the C-17's 170,900-pound capacity. The Windrunner's 261-foot wingspan and 356-foot length allow payloads up to 344 feet long, 33 feet wide and nearly 30 feet tall. The configuration aims to carry four fighter jets or six CH-47 Chinooks without disassembly. Radia is based in Boulder, Colorado, and has disclosed only renderings and an R&D partnership with the Pentagon.
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