An unusually-shaped plane has landed at London's Heathrow Airport to deliver spare parts. The Airbus Beluga, named after the whale the aircraft resembles, flew to the airport from Toulouse in France. It was carrying parts for a British Airways plane that has been grounded since another planeco...
An original solution to the problem of moving aircraft parts between the different factories and the assembly plants is the use of the Airbus Beluga, a modified cargo aircraft capable of carrying entire sections of fuselage. Boeing adopted a similar solution with 4 adapted 747-400s to transport ...
维基百科的图片说明:The Airbus Beluga is based on the A300 with an oversized cargo hold on top参考译文:空客白鲸是基于A300的,在顶部有一个超大的货舱。图片作者:Don-vip Main article: Airbus Beluga(主条目:空中客车大白鲸) Commonly referred to as the Airbus Beluga or "Airbus Super Transporter," the...
Airbus has a fleet of five Beluga cargo planes, which it uses to transport outsized cargo, such as wings, fuselage and even space program parts. At its Broughton plant, Beluga's are used to transport aircraft wings to Toulouse, Hamburg and Bremen. Broughton becomes the second location where ...
Describes the A300-600ST plane of Airbus Industrie, also known as the Beluga.Wall Street Journal - Eastern EditionMichaelsDaniel
The Airbus Beluga is one of the most recognizable aircraft worldwide, with its distinctive, whale-like features making it stand out at any airport. Airbus uses the Beluga to transport large parts between its facilities, while the European planemaker has recently offered its oversized cargo capabili...
Five of these giant planes will be built over the next five years and will replace five of the older version, the BelugaST. The new craft has Rolls Royce Trent 700 engines and a lowered cockpit. Its cargo hold is one of the largest ever on a civilian or military craft. ...
Airbus operates five Beluga cargo planes, which together perform more than 60 flights each week. Airbus Plane spotter's dream — The Beluga has brought many a plane spotter to Toulouse, France. Visitors can often be found sitting on the grass near Toulouse Blagnac Airport waiting for one of ...
Airbus plans to charter out its whale-shaped Beluga transport planes – whose main job until now has been to ferry aircraft parts between its plants in Europe – to help other industries haul urgently-needed outsized machinery by air.
The Airbus Beluga, named for its resemblance to the white Arctic whale, now has its own freight airline, Airbus Beluga Transport.