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The Haast Eagle which went extinct in the 1400's, it was a bird that weighed 20-30 lbs, had a 10 ft wing span, and was one of the only birds capable of lifting a full grown human and was able to lift up to 500 lbs
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Humanity's first flight was shorter than the wing span of a Boeing 747
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The Boeing 747’s wing span covers a greater distance than the Wright brother’s first flight
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Mantas can be found in the Philippine Sea with wing spans of seven meters. They can weigh as much as 1,400 kilos or more.
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In 2010, pilots over Scotland were warned to beware of a Rueppell's Griffon Vulture that escaped from a raptor center, as the birds have a wing span of 10.5 feet and can reach altitudes over 36,000 feet.
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The Haasts Eagle which went extinct several centuries ago. It was the largest ariel predator ever to fly with a wing span of roughly 9 feet! It also used to eat humans on New Zealand
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Washington’s Eagle, painted by renowned ornithologist J.J. Audubon. Reportedly inhabited the Great Lakes area, spotted 4 times,shot and taxidermied. With a wing span of 10 feet, specimens are cataloged in museums but cannot be found. Multiple sightings where reported in the early 1800s.
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The US Navy landed a C-130 on an aircraft carrier without a tailhook. At 85,000 pounds, the KC-130F came to a complete stop within 267 feet, about twice the aircraft’s wing span.
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The largest butterfly has a 12” wing span.
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The wing span of the pterodactyl has been estimated to have been 3 feet 5 inches. The adult skull contained approximately 90 conical teeth.
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8 - 6 million years ago there lived vultures in Argentina that could reach a wing span of 7 metres (23ft).
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The largest flying bird that ever lived on Earth, Pelagornis sandersi, had a wing-span of 20 feet 11 in. (6.4 meters), which is about two times that of the largest living flying bird, the Royal Albatross
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The largest regularly flown Airplane is the Antonov An-225 Mriya. The only plane to beat it in size is the Hughes H-4 Hercules (larger wing span, taller), which only made one short flight)
The largest bat in the world, the golden-crowned flying fox, has a wing span of nearly 6 feet! - source
