Airbus Beluga. The story of the creation of one of the funniest airplanes

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Airbus Beluga
The story of the creation of
one of the funniest airplanes.
Бровкин Олег БМТ1-32Б

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Airbus A300-600ST Super Transporter
-Jet cargo plane
-For the
transportation of
large-sized cargoes
-The effective size of
the aircraft's transport
compartment is about
1400 m³

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History of creation
-Airbus needed a powerful
transport aircraft that
would allow it to transport
parts of other aircraft
-With the increasing size of
aircraft parts, the old
aircraft stopped being
suitable in size, which
required new solutions
-The first flight was on
September 13, 1994
-Start of exploitation September 1995

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Flight characteristics
-The transport compartment is
37.7 m long and 5.43 m wide
- Full load - 47 tons
- At full load, the flight range
reaches about 1,700 km
-When loaded at half the flight
range reaches about 4,600 km
-Only five copies of the Airbus
A300-600ST were put into
exploitation

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Naming
-The name Beluga comes
from the shape of the
aircraft body, which looks
like a beluga whale
-Despite its unusual
appearance, the aircraft,
however, is very effective
in its specialization

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Interesting facts
-Only 5 aircraft were
produced, so each
one has a serial
number on the front
-In the 30 years since
the first flight, the
Beluga remains the
most efficient aircraft
in its specialty

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Questions
-Why was the Beluga aircraft
created?
-What is the maximum weight
of cargo that a Beluga is capable
of carrying?

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