Search results for 'airplane' (4)
May 31, 2024
Everett, Washington, United States--The Boeing Everett Factory, officially the Everett Production Facility, an airplane assembly facility operated by Boeing in Everett, Washington, United States, sits on the north side of Paine Field, covers 98.3 acres (39.8 ha) and has a volume of over 472 million cubic feet (13,400,000 m3), setting the world record for being the World's Largest Manufacturing Building, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
February 10, 2024
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States--Jerry Beck, the founder and artistic director of the Revolving Museum, unveiled what he's calling Project Soar at the Fitchburg Municipal Airport; at 64 feet long and about 1,500 pounds, the paper airplane sets the world record for being the World's Largest Paper Airplane Sculpture, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
January 31, 2024
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States--The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) deadweight machine in Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States, is a three-story, million-pound stack of steel disks used to calibrate devices called load cells that are used for measuring large forces, such as a rocket’s thrust or an airplane wing’s deflection; it sets the world record for being the World's Largest Deadweight Machine, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
March 15, 2023
Prescott, Arizona, United States--The Kalusa Collection at the Hazy Library at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona, is comprised of 5,825 pre-flight, private, commercial, military, and rocket aircraft models built to a 1/18 inch-to-foot scale; it sets the world record for being the World’s Largest Collection Of Miniature Airplanes (World's largest to-scale collection of miniature airplane models), according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.