Everything You Would Want To Know About the Airbus Beluga!

Описание: Have you guys ever of the Airbus Beluga? No?! Well, the cutest looking whale airplane flying the skies has actually been transporting airplane parts for over 20 years now, and it’s about to get even bigger! Find out the most interesting facts about the Airbus Beluga and what upgrades its getting in this video!

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Here’s everything you would want to know about the Airbus Beluga!

7 - The Oversized Whale
You guys ever see a whale flying in the sky? Okay, okay, maybe not an ACTUAL whale, but the Airbus Beluga is close enough! The Airbus Beluga is a version of the standard wide-body Airbus A300 modified to carry aircraft parts and oversized cargo. At first it was initially known as the Super Transporter, but later it was given the name Beluga, which is a whale that the plane resembles. The fact that it looks like a Beluga whale is what makes it totally unique! Okay, there are other things as well. Anyways, there’s actually going to be a new Beluga flying the skies soon. The next in line Beluga is a much larger version. The Beluga XL is based on the Airbus A330 with modifications. It’ll be 20 feet longer and three feet wider than the original Beluga. It’ll also be able to lift six more tons, but the extra weight the new Beluga XL can carry isn’t what’s really important here, it’s all the extra space the XL has! The outgoing Beluga can only carry one wing of the popular A350 XWB airliner. However, the XL can carry both! The first Beluga XL is slated to enter service in 2019, after which Airbus plans to build four more to round out the fleet. Of course, this new jet has to pass many tests before it can swing open its front-opening cargo door and gulp down whatever needs transporting. The Beluga XL’s first test flight was back on July 19th, 2018! C’mon guys, what do you think? Do you think this airplane looks pretty cute?!

6 - Airbus Beluga Origins
It was back in September of 1992 that construction began for the first Beluga aircraft. The initial Airbus Beluga took off exactly two years later. Yep, again, in the month of September if you’ve been following what we’ve been saying! A total of three hundred and thirty five flight hours were tested as part of the initial program and a restricted certification was awarded. The European Aviation Safety Agency, in October of 1995 gave the approval for the Super Transporter, or really, the first Airbus Beluga to enter full-time service. Once the aircraft passed the quality test, four more Belugas were built, approximately one per year. However, each airframe apparently took around three years to construct. All the modifications were performed in Toulouse, France using parts provided by the Airbus production line. The primary task of the Beluga fleet was to carry the Airbus components that were ready for the final assembly in different locations across Europe. The Airbus Beluga Fleet flew from Toulouse, France to Hamburg, Germany, and nine additional sites, about 60 times every week!

5 - Beluga Design
The Airbus Beluga essentially incorporates the best features of many aircraft. The design of the Beluga is similar to an Airbus A300, but of course, it looks different. The upper part of the Beluga is 25 feet in diameter and horseshoe-shaped. However, the wings, engine, the landing gear and the bottom part of the fuselage are similar to that of the A300. We did say similar though. The turbo engine is an upgrade from the one used in the A300. The payload of the Beluga is more than double of its predecessor, the Super Guppy. The Beluga doesn’t have a tail-plane trim tank but instead has auxiliary fins for directional stability. Of course, because of the fact that it’s a plane made especially for carrying large cargo, the cockpit was relocated to provide easy access to the cargo area without needing to disconnect the electrical, or hydraulic and flight control connections. This reduced the time for loading by half when compared to the Super Guppy that required disconnection and reconnection.