White whale & # 39; Beluga XL & # 39; first pilot flight success: international newspaper



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Airbus, the so-called "flying whale", successfully completed its first test flight on June 19 (local time).

& # 39; A330-743L Beluga XL & # 39; is a very big transport plane called "Whale Whale". According to Airbus, a test flight of the A330-743L Beluga XL (hereinafter referred to as the "Beluga XL") took about four hours at the Toulouse airport, in the south of the La France.

The Beluga XL took off More than 10,000 Airbus employees watched it on the runway.

The length is 63.1 m, the height is 19 m, which is equivalent to 3 floors, and it can load up to 51 tons of goods. This is the ability to charge seven adult elephants. The Beluga XL was nicknamed the "Whale Whale" because its shape resembled a whale.

Airbus currently produces five Beluga XLs and will be commissioned in 2019 to transport very large aircraft components, such as the A350 wing, to European Airbus plants.

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