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Post by marlibu on Aug 2, 2018 14:10:12 GMT 1
Anyone knows the longest flight segment for the Beluga?
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Post by backstroke on Aug 2, 2018 14:26:43 GMT 1
Mmmm, my guess is that the longest flight is MAD (Getafe) to CEG (Chester) or the other way around but I think she should be able to do if needed the SVQ (Seville) to CEG
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Post by stealthmanbob on Aug 2, 2018 14:59:39 GMT 1
Anyone knows the longest flight segment for the Beluga? I would guess one that starts or finishes in Turkey ?
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Post by marlibu on Aug 2, 2018 15:07:40 GMT 1
Ok. Thanks
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Post by mtrunz on Nov 13, 2018 16:54:46 GMT 1
One Beluga taking advantage of the JetStream, the other flying a little out of the way to avoid it. Its been a noticeable theme today for Belugas flying to XFW from the south.
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Post by bmw801 on Feb 16, 2019 14:36:01 GMT 1
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Post by stealthmanbob on Feb 16, 2019 15:29:36 GMT 1
The problem I see with trying to sell the original Belugas is, the ground equipment needed to load them / unload them !
They worked great shuttling around between 6 or 7 different sites that are all equipped to load / unload them.
If you sell them to an outsized cargo air freight carrier, they get requests to move outsized cargos from place to place, but each time the pair of airports would be different, they can't all have the ground handling equipment needed !
The Antanov situation is different as you load them from ground level, unlike the Beluga which needs loading over and above it's cockpit ! Quite trickey!
Edit - you would have thought they would have use for one of them to supply the Mobile A220 FAL ?
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Post by mtrunz on Feb 16, 2019 15:46:13 GMT 1
Not going to lie, I'm surprised Airbus wants to sell them that quickly, instead of using them to their advantage of having more Belugas to help Production increase over the next few years.
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Post by stealthmanbob on Feb 16, 2019 15:49:12 GMT 1
Not going to lie, I'm surprised Airbus wants to sell them that quickly, instead of using them to their advantage of having more Belugas to help Production increase over the next few years. They will all ready have the increased capacity when the first XL starts work, it will halve the 40 flights a month for A350 wings going Broughton -> Bremen -> Toulouse, down to 20 a month !
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Post by airboche on Feb 19, 2019 11:49:17 GMT 1
Wasn't there a limit set by EASA for a maximum of five aircraft of a type to use some simplified certification? Could Airbus now just operate six Beluga XL instead of five? And is the Beluga classic certified to be sold and operated by exterior companies? I doubt it. It was meant to be a tool for internal Airbus use only and it is said to be tricky to fly.
The value of keeping them and just mothball them as backups would be higher for Airbus. You could take some for parts and use the others as flyable spare transporters. If they sell those old Belugas they would need to become some commercial program? Why not build more Beluga XL and sell THEM if they think it is a business case?
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