largest cargo plane speed
Currently, the Blackjack is the world’s largest combat aircraft. Cargo planes aside, the Tu-160 also sports the heaviest take-off weight of any military plane – maximum takeoff weight is a staggering 300 tons. This beast can fly at twice the speed of sound and carry up to 44 tons of bombs and cruise missiles.
The IWSA recently put together a study of a proposed commercial sailing vessel, the Fairtransport Ecoliner, a four-masted cargo ship carrying 43,060-ft2 of sail. The ship would use trade winds and ocean current to get the same average port-to-port cruising times as oil-burning ships.