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After years of anticipation, the Giant Stratolaunch, officially the world’s largest plane with a wingspan stretching larger than an American football field, took its first flight on Saturday, according to CNN.
The gargantuan six-engine, twin-hulled airplane has been developed by the Seattle-based Stratolaunch Systems. On Saturday morning, the massive plane took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port and soared in the sky above the Mojave desert for a little over two hours. The company’s CEO, Jean Floyd, who was present at the hangar at the time of the plane’s first flight, could not hide his excitement.
“We finally did it,” Floyd exclaimed, admitting that “it was an emotional moment to watch this bird take flight.”