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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Nobody: 4:46pm On Jul 21, 2018*

Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Vondoola: 4:55pm On Jul 21, 2018

Is that not a Dolphin in the sky?

Automotive1:
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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.
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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.

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

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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.

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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/

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by BluntBoy(m): 4:55pm On Jul 21, 2018

Ugly.

Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Ilerioluwa02: 4:57pm On Jul 21, 2018

This plane will swallow money if it comes to Nigeria grin

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Nobody: 4:59pm On Jul 21, 2018

whale abi dolphin huh

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by jacoik(m): 5:01pm On Jul 21, 2018

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

I concur with u my brother. That's why I lol

Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Nobody: 5:04pm On Jul 21, 2018

Autojosh, it looks like a dolphin, not whale. grin

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by DavSagacity(m): 5:05pm On Jul 21, 2018

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'.

As usual. Na so

Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Bhenehdikt(m): 5:06pm On Jul 21, 2018

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

Lolz. did you just say "sibling"?
A380 is for passenger,this one is for freight. Let's call them neighbours

Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Bhenehdikt(m): 5:08pm On Jul 21, 2018

in terms of aesthetic,I'd prefer Boeing to Airbus anytime. But in terms of design and performance,Airbus is the real deal.
In fact,I think Boeing is in the back foot for now. Still waiting for them to shock the world like Airbus did by coming up with the massive A380.

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Alwaysking: 5:17pm On Jul 21, 2018

Baddest ever

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Nobody: 5:27pm On Jul 21, 2018

But Nigeria is still contemplating between Buhari and Jonathan who is better.. Lmao!! una never start una suffer.

Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by 3kay945(m): 5:34pm On Jul 21, 2018

See what normal humans are achieving.
We here still pushing an old man for a post his reasoning faculty cannot withstand.

Bravo to you guys, am sure your god would surely be proud of you.

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by iluvpomo(m): 5:42pm On Jul 21, 2018

Bhenehdikt:
Lolz. did you just say "sibling"?
A380 is for passenger,this one is for freight. Let's call them neighbours

The both carry payloads. Many passenger planes are infact repurposed as Cargo planes. I was comparing their engines and A380 has more powerful engines. Yes, they are siblings IMHO since they are both made by Airbus.

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by DrHighchief(m): 5:42pm On Jul 21, 2018

This guys have gone far. Inventions all the way..Nigeria will get there one day though talents abound in the country, with the necessary support, we will do more than this people.
God bless Nigeria...

Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by iluvpomo(m): 5:43pm On Jul 21, 2018

DrHighchief:
This guys have gone far. Inventions all the way..Nigeria will get there one day though talents abound in the country, with the necessary support, we will do more than this people.
God bless Nigeria...

Hope is a good thing .... especially when that is all you have cheesy

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Ayo43: 5:47pm On Jul 21, 2018

Wow this is BIG

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Bhenehdikt(m): 5:50pm On Jul 21, 2018

iluvpomo:
The both carry payloads. Many passenger planes are infact repurposed as Cargo planes. I was comparing their engines and A380 has more powerful engines. Yes, they are siblings IMHO since they are both made by Airbus.

Yea,you're right. Their engines are powerful

Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by ariesbull: 5:57pm On Jul 21, 2018

Technology keeps changing the narrative..the description of landlocked Nations are changing ..the more reason Rwanda , Ethiopia, Luxembourg, Switzerland and many other countries with land borders are developing ...courtesy of planes like this

Business can be done seamlessly...who needs ship that takes forever to deliver

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Nickizoe(f): 6:01pm On Jul 21, 2018

I was watching a Documentary between Airbus and Boeing...I actually learnt alot...never knew Airbus and Boeing are two prominent manufacturers of aircraft's...Boeing is USA as Airbus is France... Craps and junks is Nigeria

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Ishilove: 6:06pm On Jul 21, 2018

Schuffeadv23:
Only two females are viewing this topic. It's not a gossiping issue so it's understanable

Ha ha, veeeery funny

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by mikaael(m): 6:28pm On Jul 21, 2018

ruffhandu:
Great stride. After 10 100 years, Naija will buy the fairly used one and the political party of the day will congratulate the president for a 'great achievement'.

Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Respect55(m): 6:34pm On Jul 21, 2018

Can it carry all the herdsmen's cows back to the north?

Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by franklypaen: 6:40pm On Jul 21, 2018

abes:
I see Vincent Kompany...

you are very evil

Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by mexzony: 7:02pm On Jul 21, 2018

Nickizoe:
I was watching a Documentary between Airbus and Boeing...I actually learnt alot...never knew Airbus and Boeing are two prominent manufacturers of aircraft's...Boeing is USA as Airbus is France... Craps and junks is Nigeria

Airbus is actually 4 countries. France uk Germany Spain.
The engines are manufactured in the UK in a place called derby I think. The other parts are manufactured in Spain Germany and brought to the final assembly in france.
I studied the making of Airbus a380.
Fantastic plane.

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by BonPatrick(m): 7:06pm On Jul 21, 2018

Lier that plane is belouga and it has been in existence for long it was built by Airbus for fast transportation of plane parts. Stop giving fake information

Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by obafemee80(m): 7:14pm On Jul 21, 2018*

BonPatrick:
Lier that plane is belouga and it has been in existence for long it was built by Airbus for fast transportation of plane parts. Stop giving fake information

Yes, that one is Beluga ST (Super Transporter)
This one is the bigger Beluga -Beluga XL (Extra Large) grin

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Pecca: 7:16pm On Jul 21, 2018

Dolphin you mean?

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by InvertedHammer: 7:45pm On Jul 21, 2018

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All the i-too-know village people yabbing Innoson, shey una see say na humans dey build all these technological wonders and not spirit as your grandparents told you folk tales.

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by chaloskyx: 8:19pm On Jul 21, 2018

its dolphin not a whale

Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by Tonytonex(m): 8:46pm On Jul 21, 2018

WOW!

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Re: The First Flight Of New Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Plane That Looks Like Whale by mechanics(m): 9:28pm On Jul 21, 2018

Nice one, kudos to the engineers.

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