An 225 is the largest airplane that was built, can Boeing or Airbus can build or

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surpass that plane. .? Can Boeing or Airbus build a much larger plane with a cabin length of 120 meters, cabin width of 15 meters. .Let us say twin or triple decker. Can it fly? just curious because on record Hendenberg Zeppelin, a balloon, is the largest/longest with 800 ft length.
 
there is a twin...the a380

But honestly....Why do we need a gigantic plane?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=a380
 
Yes, larger airplanes can be built; however at that size, some adjustments need to be made.
For instance, the light of an aircraft is a function of the wing area, which increases as a function of the square of the change in size (for instance, and airplane 25 m long would have 1/4 the wing area of an exact copy of that plane built at twice the size, i.e. 50 m long). But normally, the mass of an airplane will grow as a function of the cube of the length; so a much bigger airplane needs a proportionally larger wing.
Very large airplane may need to explore different configuration than th traditional cylindrical fuselage with wings in the middle and tail in the rear; like span loader or flying wing.
Also, one has to consider the economical appeal of much larger planes. A flying wing would have essentially no windows; would passenger accept this? A different configuration airplane may require changes in airport infrastructure, already some modification were required to accommodate the A380, and those could be quite costly. Would this reduce the market appeal despite more efficient fuel usage?
So, yes, it can be done; but perhaps the world is not ready for it yet.
 
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