Happening Now - 26.6 Years Old First Airbus Beluga Super Transporteur Heads For Storage At Bordeaux Boneyards !

Happening  Now  -  26.6 years  Old First  Airbus  Beluga  Super Transporteur  heads for Storage at Bordeaux Boneyards !

Happening Now - 26.6 years Old First Airbus Beluga Super Transporteur heads for Storage at Bordeaux Boneyards !

 Last flight of 1994 made Beluga-1 is happening now ! 

 

After serving 26.6 years to Airbus, the Beluga Super Transporteur (F-GSTA) is going to be mothballed in Bordeaux Boneyard.

 

A derivative of Airbus A300 series of aricrafts , rather call it  Airbus A300-605ST (Beluga) , is the second aircraft in series, after Beluga Number-2 ( F-GSTB ) was stored in October 2020.

 

Till date, 5 such Beluga (A300-605ST) aircrafts have been made and the work started in September 1992, of  which first flight took place in September 1994.

 

Now, BelugaXL (20% more capacity)  is replacing the aging Beluga aircrafts, with two of the XL aircrafts are already in service with Airbus . The larger Beluga versions (XL) are based on the Airbus A330 aircrafts, and type designated as Airbus A330-700L.

 


 

F-GSTA Details :

 

Type - Airbus A300-605ST (Beluga)

Aircraft Serial Number : 655

First Flight - 13/09/1994

Engines - 2 x GE CF6-80C2A8


Display picture - Flight radar


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