New BelugaXL

I’m quite amazed!! Airbus is just finishing up with the BelugaXL which as the name suggests is a larger version of the regular Beluga! I’m super excited to see the final product as this baby is gonna be able to carry whole wings!! Let me know what you think! (Read article for more info)

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When you’ve been pregnant for 18 months

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Nice to see it finally complete after years of seeing the pictures of what it would look like.

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I assume this will be a modified A330?

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Yep, still ugly.
I wish I could see one of these fly, but I don’t live in Europe. 🤧

Aren’t Belugas cargo planes?

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Yeah you could say they are cargo planes, they transport fuselages and with the XL version probably wings too. 😱

Maybe even the beautiful A350 wings 🤔😱

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It is a modified A330

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When will it do its first flight?

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Pretty cool, it still amazes me how that can fly.

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Here’s the wings in the aircraft diagram:

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IMO it is a whale because only whales can carry wings. But good for Airbus. And their new whale.👍

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It will do it sometime next year.

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