The amount of rotation is called the angle of rotation and is measured in degrees. By convention a rotation counter-clockwise is a positive angle, and clockwise is considered a negative angle. Rays from the point of rotation to any vertex all turn through the same angle as the image is rotated.
Bird With Largest Wingspan â Wandering Albatross. The âWandering Albatrossâ has been declared as the bird with largest wingspan among all the living birds. Its wingspan on average ranges from 8.2 to 11.5 feet (2.51 to 3.50 meter). Larger wingspans of about 13.8 and 17 feet have been reported but they were not verified. The largest wingspan bird Wandering Albatross ever recorded was about 11 feet and 11 inches.
For other uses, see Wingspan (disambiguation). The distance A to B is the wingspan of this Boeing 777-200ER. The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about 60 metres (197 ft); and a wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) caught in 1965 had a wingspan of 3.63 metres (11 ft 11 in), the official record for a living bird.