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A Giant Airbus Plane Gets Even Bigger

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Airbus has nearly finished building the BelugaXL, an enormous aircraft that can carry full airplane wings between the company's factories. (www.cnet.com) More...

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chalet
chalet 1
Given the size of the new XL I think they ought to consider naming it the Whale. I am not an aeronautical engineer (civil & mechanical) but the height of the rudder looks to me a bit too short considering the new aeronautical characteristics of its larger and longer fuselage. Time will tell.
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PhoenixAF24
Brian Hankey 2
It's already called a whale... Beluga, that is.
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