Beauty in the eye of the beholder? - Airbus Beluga XL 1st flight

[jdc]

Carnos Jax wrote:
And that get's to the crux of the matter. There is no definitive or absolute choice when it comes to what the largest plane (or freighter) is...it all depends on the metric.

Wait -- I thought we were talking about "beauty"?

[max]

Carnos Jax wrote:
And that get's to the crux of the matter. There is no definitive or absolute choice when it comes to what the largest plane (or freighter) is...it all depends on the metric.

And that get's to the crux of the matter, if you pick only one metric for a predetermined result.

And picking "internal volume" as the sole metric in "the world's largest flying freighter" category to eliminate a larger freighter designed to carry more cubic freight internally and externally combined, with a much larger weight capacity, is a perfect example of this selective process.

OTOH The comparison was made about "the world's largest flying freighter", not a plane with a longest wingspan, or other, limited, one single metric. Freighters carry cargo. That means volume AND weight.
Again, internal volume of a plane with a blown out body designed to shuttle light weight aluminum tubes, or wings does not magically make it the biggest freighter per se. There is usually some balance between the two major requirements.
Volume AND weight.
An-225 cargo capacity over 500,000 lbs
An-124 cargo capacity 330,000 lbs
C-5M cargo capacity 285,000 lbs
Dreamlifter cargo capacity 250,000 lbs, specialized, single purpose transport
Beluga XL cargo capacity 111,000 lbs, specialized, single purpose transport....

[Carnos Jax]

Keep pissing in the wind max...largest means largest, a unit of measure for volume. Trying to define it just so you can win some silly argument where you backed yourself into a corner is just silly.