The Pelican is a 6 million pound flying machine -- equal to the weight of 7.5 fully loaded 747s -- made by Boeing.
Imagine a cargo plane so huge it could hold 10 railroad locomotives in its bay, or 35 fully loaded semitrailer trucks, or 1,000 Volskwagen New Beetles.
In other words, picture an ocean-going freighter that flies.
That's what Boeing did when dreaming up the Pelican, a 6 million pound flying machine -- equal to the weight of 7.5 fully loaded 747s.
For now, it's only a drawing board concept and many years from becoming reality. But if the Pelican were built, like the bird, its wing tips would tilt down and it would glide over the water, rather than fly at high altitude.
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