https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfOFq3fCVdw

One of the biggest planes in the world ,the Airbus’s Beluga XL(Extra Large) aircraft nicknamed the “whale in the sky” took off for the first time on Thursday from Toulouse Airport in France.

The oversized transporter, derived from the A330 jetliner, will be used for carrying complete sections of Airbus aircraft from different production sites around Europe to the final assembly lines in Toulouse, France and Hamburg, Germany.



Beluga Whale

The 125 tonnes extra large Airbus Beluga XL aircraft carrier is powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent 700 Turbofan engines.

The 53 tonnes (117,000 lb) payload aircraft will be able to carry both wings of the A350 XWB jetliner at once, instead of the single wing the smaller BelugaST can carry . That's an extra 30 per cent capacity over the current Beluga planes (pics below) that it will replace.



Airbus’s Twitter account tweeted: “Whale, whale, whale … that’s a lovely day for a maiden flight don’t you think".



Other oversized cargo planes around the world includes the Antonov An-225 Mriya ( with world record single-item payload of 418,830 pounds and record for total airlifted payload of 559,580 pounds ) ,Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (the largest aircraft operated by the U.S. military with 240,000 pounds payload) and The Boeing  747-8 Dreamlifter (max. payload capacity is 250,000 pounds.



The first BelugaXL aircraft will enter service in 2019 operating with the existing five smaller A300-600ST Beluga fleets (pics above), before they are retired in 2025 by 5 new BelugaXLs .

https://autojosh.com/watch-the-maiden-flight-of-new-airbus-belugaxl-cargo-plane-that-looks-like-a-whale/

is that not the same plane Buhari bought for Nigeria air to convey human beings?

What an invention.

Flying whale

This plane can swallow almost any load...

Still smaller than US's C-5 Galaxy and Russia's Antonov An-225 Mriya

Great stride. After 10 years, Naija will buy the fairly used one and the political party of the day will congratulate the president for a 'great achievement'.

Well, all I want to say is that I must not comment on things I know nothing about...

Designers tho




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davibid:
Well, all I want to say is that I must comment on things I know nothing about...

I took the pledge too

I see Vincent Kompany...

Great engineering. Kudos to Airbus

abes:
I see Vincent Kompany...

Wicked
Headmaster

. abeg make dis airbus cum swallow nigeria...

jst drop me off d coast of France biko

Technology is key

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Only two females are viewing this topic. It's not a gossiping issue so it's understanable

Nothing special

Too robust TECHx stuff. Haha we need something like this in this country.

Oya let's use it to carry all our stupid leaders to Abidjan

Oh

Nigeria air will be like we can get it too

Doesn't look proportional for a plane of dat size bt wat do I know

This is superb and awesome

Wow.. this is nice..
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ruffhandu:
Great stride. After 10 years, Naija will buy the fairly used one and the political party of the day will congratulate the president for a 'great achievement'.

lol u r a wicked soul

jacoik:
lol u r a wicked soul

As if you don't know I said the simple truth.

France ⛳

Naija where are we

Watching the video with that background music how can you not trip for the production process and the invention itself. It just made me think of how we are wasting away here in Nigeria.
It is well.

Nice .. but its sibling, the A380, still has the more powerful engine.