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Aircraft program

Radia WindRunner

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Cargo aircraft for transporting wind turbine blades (blades are loaded onto aircraft through the nose) or for defence applications (announced in 2025, as military airlifter). In development.

Lift type
Fixed wing
Assembly
Factory-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Turbofan
Application
Cargo, Military transport

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Airframe & structure
Pressurisation
Unpressurised

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Radia C-242 WindRunner2024 / Cargo aircraft, will be world's largest.

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Radia, Inc.News

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