The largest airplane ever built in the world only flew once. Its wings were 320 feet across,and it cost forty million dollars to build.
Howard Hughes was a very rich man who liked to do unusual things. One day ,hegot the idea to build the biggest airplane in the world and fly it himself. For years,workers ioled to make the plane. Finally,on November 2,1947,it was ready. Howard Hughes got into the eight-ebgine plane the took off. The plane,called "Hercules",only flew seventy feet high and only traveled for one thousand yards.
The largest plane ever built was never flown again.