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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 29, 2018 11:19:48 GMT 12
Now, if the RNZAF purchased one of these to go with their “new” transport fleet, they could probably fit two NH-90 helicopters inside, eh? from The Seattle Times…New Airbus transport aircraft BelugaXL sports whale's grinAfter ground tests, the oversized aircraft is to make its first flight later this summer and enter service in 2019.By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 11:57AM PDT — Thursday, June 28, 2018This photo taken on Thursday, June 28, 2018 and provided by Airbus shows the first BelugaXL rolling out of the paintshop, unveiling a special livery, in Toulouse, southern France. The BelugaXL will now undertake ground tests before its first flight planned in summer 2018. — Photograph: Jean-Vincent Reymondon/Airbus/Associated Press.TOULOUSE, FRANCE — A whale of a transport aircraft will be flying high later this summer sporting the grin of a Beluga whale.
The Airbus BelugaXL, a massive transport plane, made a presentation on Thursday, its nose cone making it look like a whale. Airbus employees, 20,000 of them, voted on one of six looks and the whale face that matches its name won.
After ground tests, the oversized aircraft is to make its first flight later this summer and enter service in 2019.www.seattletimes.com/business/apxnew-airbus-transport-aircraft-belugaxl-sports-whale-s-grin
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