World's largest aircraft the Airlander 10 is fitted with fins and engines ahead of its first flight

The world's largest aircraft has been unveiled for the first time since being fully assembled in the UK.

The 302ft (92m) long Airlander 10 - part plane, part airship - was floated in a First World War hangar in Bedfordshire.

Photographers struggled to capture the whole length of the aircraft, which is around 50ft (15m) longer than the biggest passenger jets, ahead of its inaugural flight later this year.

The world's largest aircraft has been unveiled for the first time since being fully assembled in the UK. The 302ft (92m) long Airlander 10 - part plane, part airship - was floated in a First World War hangar in Bedfordshire. The craft's fully assembled motors and fins are pictured

Photographers struggled to capture the whole length of the aircraft (pictured), which is around 50ft (15m) longer than the biggest passenger jets, ahead of its inaugural flight later this year

The ship was first developed for the US government as a long-endurance surveillance aircraft but it fell foul of defence cutbacks.

British firm Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) launched a campaign to return the Airlander 10 to the skies in May 2015 and it will now carry out ground testing before 200 hours of test flights begin later this year.

The ship is being converted to provide business and leisure flights in a hangar in Cardington, Bedfordshire.

The first giant fin was attached to the ship, officially called the 'Airlander 10', last month according to Hybrid Air Vehicles who is constructing the aircraft, and now the remaining fin and parts have been attached.