Everyone should have seen the white whale swimming in the water and the aircraft flying in the sky. You must have never seen the super transport aircraft that looks like a white whale.
This transport aircraft named Beluga (A300-600ST), nicknamed the "White Whale", is used by the Airbus Group to transport large aircraft components. The worlds largest transport aircraft, whether military or civilian, Airbus Group has only built 5 "Beluga" transport aircraft.
With its unique cockpit design and huge upper fuselage, Belugas appearance is very similar to that of a whale, hence the nickname "Beluga".
The total length is 63.1 meters, the height is 18.9 meters, the fuselage diameter is 8.8 meters, the wing area is 361.6 square meters, and the wingspan is 60.3 meters. It is even larger than the previous generation of Beluga. . It has a 1,400 cubic meter recovery cabin and a load capacity of 150 tons. The capacity has increased by 30% and the load capacity has increased by 6 tons.
Can "swallow" Airbus' heaviest parts without any pressureOne pair of wings from an A330 or A340 aircraft, or two pairs of wings from an A320 or A321 aircraft at the same time. Beluga will undergo test flights in 2018 and be delivered to customers in 2019.
