Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Airbus' Beluga:
Inside the world's strangest-looking airplane.
Have you ever seen
a Beluga (most likely in a photo or video)? It’s a white arctic whale with a
very weird looking oversized head. There is a type of aircraft that looks
exactly like the Beluga. The odd-size-and-shaped aircraft, called Airbus A300-600ST,
Super Transport, has been serving to transport parts to make aircrafts in Europe
for the last two decades.
Why does it fly just
in Europe? Because it was developed to transport parts to and from factories scattered
in the continent to make Airbus airplanes. Though it isn’t capable of carrying the
heaviest load or flying over an ocean or continent, it carries large parts such
as wings or bodies of aircraft.
Enjoy seeing the
photos and reading the explanations of this super-jumbo transporter in the sky.
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