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Airbus' Beluga: Giant of the skies set to get even larger

Posted on 1/19/15 at 11:34 am
Posted by tigerpawl
Can't get there from here.
Member since Dec 2003
22468 posts
Posted on 1/19/15 at 11:34 am
I would worry about the hood popping up in mid-flight. Any Mobile, AL peeps ever see these?? LINK

"Five of these enormous planes make more than 60 flights each week, carrying parts for all of Airbus' planes from manufacturing sites -- wings in the UK, tails in Spain, for example -- to the final assembly facilities in either Toulouse, Hamburg or Tianjin." [Mobile??]

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This post was edited on 1/19/15 at 12:09 pm
Posted by Meaux Bettah
Tiger Nation
Member since Nov 2011
2591 posts
Posted on 1/19/15 at 11:34 am to
Reminds me of my ex.
Posted by tom
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
8173 posts
Posted on 1/19/15 at 11:36 am to
They should make fat passengers fly on that beast. Imagine some real hefties waddling into that cargo opening.
Posted by VeniVidiVici
Gaul
Member since Feb 2012
1728 posts
Posted on 1/19/15 at 11:37 am to
inb4 Kate Upton reference
Posted by Alatgr
Mobeezy, Alabizzle
Member since Sep 2005
17660 posts
Posted on 1/19/15 at 11:42 am to
quote:

Any Mobile, AL peeps ever see these??


They aren't building planes here yet.
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
25445 posts
Posted on 1/19/15 at 11:57 am to
I flew on an Air France A320 yesterday. They seem to be popular short range jets out here.

I guess Airbus is trying to see some of those 737 sales in the US. Maybe building them in Alabama will help.
Posted by LSUAlum2001
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Member since Aug 2003
47192 posts
Posted on 1/19/15 at 12:04 pm to
I'll refrain from flying on a plane named after a whale.
Posted by FT
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Member since Oct 2003
26925 posts
Posted on 1/19/15 at 1:01 pm to
I love that plane. It looks like something you'd draw as a little kid, except that it actually works. I mean, that thing just looks totally impossible.
Posted by boom roasted
Member since Sep 2010
28039 posts
Posted on 1/19/15 at 1:07 pm to
That thing should not be able to fly.
Posted by Slingin Pickle
Fancy side of the North Shore
Member since Jun 2008
3016 posts
Posted on 1/19/15 at 7:30 pm to
Airbus makes a horrible plane from what many pilots have told me.
Posted by ruzil
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2012
16977 posts
Posted on 1/19/15 at 7:55 pm to
I saw one of those about 1.5 years ago flying south between Lake Chuck and the Texas border. At the time, I thought it was something from NASA.

Cool to know.
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