A little-known company based in Boulder, Colorado, is pursuing an ambitious, borderline outlandish goal: creating the world’s largest airplane. When completed, the incredibly long 108-meter plane (roughly the length of an NFL football field) is expected to have a wingspan of over 260 feet and could offer 12 times the cargo space of Boeing C-17 Globemaster III.

Early in World War 2, the terrifying and highly effective U-boats of the Kriegsmarine had effectively created a maritime blockade in the Atlantic. Millions of dollars and countless lives were lost with every ship the Germans sent to the bottom of the ocean.

(Reuters) -At least four people were killed and 11 others injured after a UPS wide-body cargo plane crashed and erupted into a massive fireball shortly after takeoff on Tuesday from Louisville, Kentucky,

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Federal Aviation Administration said UPS Flight 2976 crashed at about 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday near the Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville. The plane crashed shortly after departing Louisville for Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11.

The mighty C-5 Galaxy—the largest strategic airlifter in the U.S. Air Force—is an engineering spectacle. It can kneel down, rotate its landing gear 90 degrees, and even travel in reverse! But what truly boggles the mind is its secret nickname,

The aircraft carriers are among the most powerful naval assets ever built. They act as floating airbases, which allows nations to project power across oceans, support military operations, and respond to crises worldwide.