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  2. Airbus Beluga - Wikipedia

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    The Airbus A300-600ST (Super Transporter), or Beluga, is a specialised wide-body airliner used to transport aircraft parts and outsize cargoes. It received the official name of Super Transporter early on, but its nickname, after the beluga whale , which it resembles, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] gained popularity and has since been officially adopted.

  3. Airbus BelugaXL - Wikipedia

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    Airbus Beluga, the Beluga XL's predecessor. The original BelugaSTs were not to be withdrawn from service after introduction of the Beluga XL in 2019; a mixed fleet was to operate for at least five years, as the increased production rate of single-aisle aircraft requires the ability to move more parts. [7]

  4. Airbus Beluga: World’s strangest-looking plane gets its own ...

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    The Airbus Beluga, named for its resemblance to the white Arctic whale, now has its own freight airline, Airbus Beluga Transport. Airbus Beluga: World’s strangest-looking plane gets its own ...

  5. Hawarden Airport - Wikipedia

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    An Airbus A300 Beluga takes off from Hawarden in January 2007, carrying aircraft wings to Germany The company became part of Hawker Siddeley Aviation in the 1960s and the production of the Hawker Siddeley HS125 business jet, designed by de Havilland as the DH.125, became the main aircraft type produced by the factory for nearly forty years.

  6. 2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident - Wikipedia

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    On 22 November 2003, shortly after takeoff from Baghdad, Iraq, an Airbus A300B2-200F cargo plane, registered OO-DLL and owned by the Belgian division of European Air Transport (doing business as DHL Express), was struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile while on a scheduled flight to Muharraq, Bahrain. [1]

  7. 2018 in aviation - Wikipedia

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    The Airbus Beluga successor, the Airbus A330-based BelugaXL, makes its first flight on 19 July. 5 July A Memorandum of Understanding is announced for a strategic partnership: for $3.8 billion Boeing will hold 80% of a Boeing-Embraer joint venture for Embraers's airliners and services, valued at $4.75 billion, and Embraer will own the remaining ...

  8. What are the deadliest plane accidents? See list after South ...

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    On Nov. 12, 2001, an Airbus A300 crashed into a neighborhood in Queens, New York, two months after 9/11 in 2001, according to ABC 7 NY. The plane carried 260 people. Everyone onboard and five ...

  9. Aero Spacelines Super Guppy - Wikipedia

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    In 1982 and 1983, two additional Super Guppy Turbines were built by Union de Transports Aériens Industries in France after Airbus bought the right to produce the aircraft. The four Super Guppies were later replaced in this role by the Airbus Beluga, capable of carrying twice as much cargo by weight.