5 Biggest Airplanes in the World in 2023

3. Hughes H-4 Hercules

The Hughes H-4 Hercules is a prototype strategic airlift flying boat designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Intended as a transatlantic flight transport for use during World War II, it was not completed in time to be used in the war. To conserve metals during the war years, the aircraft was built with a wooden fuselage, hence its nickname, the ‘Spruce Goose.’

One of the most famous aircraft ever built and even though it was constructed almost entirely of wood in the 1940s, it remains one of the largest planes in the world. Currently, it sits in the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in Oregon, United States.