Video: Airbus launches a new heavenly sky for the first time in the sky

The European aviation giant Airbus unveiled Thursday its latest pride – Beluga XL, according to press photos taken by news agencies. It is one of the largest airplanes in the world.

An aircraft called "Heaven Valley" is high up and covers a wide circle of skies in front of about 10,000 people. To further consolidate the image of his "whale", the plane is even painted as a smiley.

Aircraft specially designed to carry large pieces of aircraft. As its name suggests, the Beluga XL is an upgraded version of the Beluga cargo plane, which is 30% larger than its predecessor. This allows the airborne giant to simultaneously carry two Airbus A350 XWBs simultaneously.

The Beluga XL aircraft weighs 53 tons, measures 63.1 meters long, 60.3 meters wide and 18.9 meters high. Its span area is 361.6 square meters, weighing 125 tons, but in addition to the cargo, the aircraft can lift up to 53 tons. At the same time, it can overcome more than 4000 kilometers. Two Rolls-Royce Trent 700 TurboFan engines propel huge planes ahead

The aircraft is primarily designed for the needs of the Airbus conglomerate by moving aircraft parts between different factories. European. In total, it is planned to build five aircraft of this type.