year |
largest airplane then flying |
largest airplane ever flown |
1933 |
Tupolev TB-4 |
Tupolev TB-4 |
1934 |
Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorki |
Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorki |
1935 |
Tupolev TB-4 |
Maxim Gorki |
1936 |
TB-4 |
Maxim Gorki |
1937 |
TB-4 |
Maxim Gorki |
1938 |
Tupolev ANT-20 bis |
Maxim Gorki |
1939 |
ANT-20 bis |
Maxim Gorki |
1940 |
ANT-20 bis |
Maxim Gorki |
1941 |
Boeing XB-19 |
Boeing XB-19 |
1942 |
XB-19 |
XB-19 |
1943 |
XB-19 |
XB-19 |
1944 |
XB-19 |
XB-19 |
1945 |
XB-19 |
XB-19 |
1946 |
Convair B-36 Peacemaker |
Convair B-36 Peacemaker |
1947 |
Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" |
Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" |
1948 |
Convair B-36 Peacemaker |
"Spruce Goose" |
1949 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1950 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1951 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1952 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1953 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1954 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1955 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1956 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1957 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1958 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1959 |
B-36 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1960 |
Martin JRM Mars |
"Spruce Goose" |
1961 |
Mars |
"Spruce Goose" |
1962 |
Mars |
"Spruce Goose" |
1963 |
Mars |
"Spruce Goose" |
1964 |
Mars |
"Spruce Goose" |
1965 |
Antonov An-22 Antheus |
"Spruce Goose" |
1966 |
An-22 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1967 |
An-22 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1968 |
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy |
"Spruce Goose" |
1969 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1970 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1971 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1972 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1973 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1974 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1975 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1976 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1977 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1978 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1979 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1980 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1981 |
C-5 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1982 |
Antonov An-124 Ruslan |
"Spruce Goose" |
1983 |
An-124 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1984 |
An-124 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1985 |
An-124 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1986 |
An-124 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1987 |
An-124 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1988 |
Antonov An-225 Mriya |
"Spruce Goose" |
1989 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1990 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1991 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1992 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1993 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1994 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1995 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1996 |
An-225 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1997 |
Antonov An-124 Ruslan |
"Spruce Goose" |
1998 |
An-124 |
"Spruce Goose" |
1999 |
AeroVironment Helios |
"Spruce Goose" |
2000 |
Helios |
"Spruce Goose" |
2001 |
Helios |
"Spruce Goose" |
Written by Michael Trout