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New giant of the skies could extend windpower worldwide

Engineers at Colorado-based energy company Radia have unveiled plans for the WindRunner which would be, on many counts, the world’s largest aircraft. The four-engined jet would have a 261ft wingspan and be 356ft long, but what really would set it apart would be its payload volume - 344ft (105m) long, 24ft (7.3m) high and 24ft (7.3m) wide. Its 272,000cu ft (8,200sq m) of volume would dwarf that of the An-124 ... [+]