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Post by peter on Mar 3, 2019 12:10:13 GMT 1
Actually, one Beluga received an all-white paint scheme to be made available for non-Airbus duty (the aircraft once transported a famous painting, 'La Liberté guidant le peuple' by Eugène Delacroix). No it didn't. When 'La Liberté guidant le peuple' was flown to Japan, the fifth, white, Beluga was not even built and only flew more than 1 1/2 year later. What was the Beluga number? And about which years? If it is the white one you are asking about: The fifth flew all white untill it was nearly 13 years old. And used almost full-time to Finkenwerder, Toulouse, Chester, Seville, in other words: the usual Beluga destinations.
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Post by philidor on Mar 3, 2019 12:14:30 GMT 1
What was the Beluga number? And about which years? Wiki doesn't provide an exact answer. The re-painting obviously happened after 2000, but exactly when is unclear. I'm too lazy to perform a more thorough search. [From Wikipedia - "In 1999, a Beluga carried a large painting, Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix, which had hung in the Louvre in Paris since 1874. It was flown from Paris to Tokyo via Bahrain and Kolkata in about 20 hours. The large canvas, measuring 2.99 metres (9.81 ft) high by 3.62 metres (11.88 ft) long, was too large to fit into a Boeing 747. It was transported in the vertical position inside a special pressurized container provided with isothermal protection and an anti-vibration device. In 2004, a Beluga was used to deliver relief supplies to the Indian Ocean region following widespread devastation of coastal areas by a major tsunami. In 2005, the Beluga was employed to transport humanitarian aid and medical supplies from the United Kingdom and France to the Gulf Coast of the United States, in support of disaster-relief operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Beluga has seen recurrent use to transport bulky objects, including vehicles, for various different space programs. In 2001, sections of the unmanned Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) space vehicle were transported by a Beluga from Turin, Italy to Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2004, multiple Beluga flights were made to Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, to deliver Astrium-built satellites. In 2009, a Beluga was used to convey the Tranquility module of the International Space Station from Turin to Kennedy Space Center, United States"]
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Post by philidor on Mar 3, 2019 12:17:41 GMT 1
No it didn't. When 'La Liberté guidant le peuple' was flown to Japan, the fifth, white, Beluga was not even built and only flew more than 1 1/2 year later. Yes, it did, in 1999 [well, one Beluga did, I don't know which number]. See my quote from Wiki above.
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Post by peter on Mar 3, 2019 12:30:54 GMT 1
No it didn't. When 'La Liberté guidant le peuple' was flown to Japan, the fifth, white, Beluga was not even built and only flew more than 1 1/2 year later. Yes, it did, in 1999. See my quote from Wiki above. What I meant: it was not the white Beluga that was used to transport the painting.
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Post by philidor on Mar 3, 2019 12:38:49 GMT 1
What I meant: it was not the white Beluga that was used to transport the painting. You may well be right there ! I clarified my post.
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Post by peter on Mar 3, 2019 13:02:34 GMT 1
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Post by Baroque on Mar 3, 2019 15:44:29 GMT 1
Ah, nostalgia. Loved the old house colours. Airbus should paint it as a special livery on some of their current test aircraft.
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Post by FabienA380 on Mar 3, 2019 21:12:02 GMT 1
How about a newly delivered A350?.. CI had one like that, in Boeing colours
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Post by Baroque on Mar 3, 2019 23:38:28 GMT 1
How about a newly delivered A350?.. CI had one like that, in Boeing colours I say, all Airbus aircraft destined for a museum should be painted in its original house colours. Include A380s and A350s.
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Post by 380_Brisbane on Apr 23, 2019 8:48:57 GMT 1
Not only Belugas are moving parts of A320 between sites. As I am writing, one of the 3 Airbus ships (CIUDAD DE CADIZ) is 1/3 way from Montoire (France) to Mobile (Alabama). The other 2 are VILLE DE BORDEAUX and CITY OF HAMBURG. These ships, very much like our Beluga and Beluga XL, are Roll-on / Roll-off. To follow the ships , I go to www.marinetraffic.com and enter the name of the ship in the search box (top right of screen). I thought it would be interesting to stop looking at the sky, for a change.
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