In aviation, there are many different kinds of planes, each serving another purpose and meeting other needs. From commercial airliners transporting millions of passengers worldwide to privat… Read More
Explore the fascinating world of aviation and uncover the largest cargo planes ever built. In a global economy that heavily relies on air freight, these colossal flying machines play a cruci… Read More
The Pregnant Guppy and the Super Guppy were cargo planes designed to carry oversized objects for NASA’s Apollo Saturn program that ran for the best part of the 1960s.
The product o… Read More
MIAMI — National Air Cargo, an unusual freight forwarding company that doubles as an airline, is opening business avenues for oversize cargo with the addition of its first nose-loadin… Read More
The aeroplane is such a wonderful machine for getting us from one point to another. It also allows us to enjoy the view of the city from above the sky while saving us valuable time. You sure… Read More
CSMIA welcomed the stunning Airbus Beluga and Embraer E195-E2 ‘Profit Hunter’, the largest jet in the E2 family, as both made their maiden grand entry in Mumbai.
The Airbu… Read More
For the past decade, while the rest of us weren’t looking, Russia has invested seriously in its Arctic region. Now, some 20% of the country’s GDP and 30% of its exports come… Read More
The odd-looking super transport aircraft with a bulbous forehead long used by Airbus to ferry aircraft sections between manufacturing and assembly plants is increasingly being made available… Read More
CHENNAI: On Monday, a massive Airbus Beluga cargo plane (A300-608ST) refuelled at Chennai International Airport. This is the first time the plane has landed at the airport.
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Boeing 747-8 / Photo courtesy of Boeing
Airplanes are without any doubt the most impressive engineering achievements of our world. Following the incessant desire to take to the skies, humans… Read More
Thanks in large part to delays suffered by Arianespace’s next-generation Ariane 6 rocket, a small fleet of European satellites are simultaneously converging on the United States to hit… Read More
Double deckers, six engines, and wingspans longer than football fields: it’s amazing these big boys can even get off the ground.NOAH SEELAMGETTY IMAGESThe marvel of flight ne… Read More
European aircraft manufacturer and aerospace giant Airbus has launched a new air-cargo service using its super-sized BelugaST aircraft. The specially adapted A300-600 planes were originally… Read More
Customers all over the world will be able to use Airbus’ freighter service for outsized cargo transportation.
Based on the A300-600 design, the Beluga ST super transporter aircraft was… Read More
Outsized and heavy air cargo transport
Across the USA and around the world, outsized and heavy goods need to be moved both long- and short-distances daily. While an assortment of aircraft… Read More
A pair of beluga whales freed from captivity in a Chinese performance zoo have been transported to Iceland and placed in “care pools” in the sea before being released to spend th… Read More
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a… whale in the sky! That’s exactly how the massive Beluga XL looks like and we totally love it! One of the most incredib… Read More
Airbus Beluga, Boeing Dreamlifter, Antonov AN-225: these are the names of some of the biggest aircraft in the world, designed to carry extremely large cargo, such as parts of other planes Read More
They are Airbus’s delivery ships of the sky.
The Airbus A300-600ST Beluga is built using many of the components from the standard A300-600 wide-body airliner. The ST in the des… Read More
Emirates Receives Official Royal Visit at Arabian Travel Market
DUBAI, U.A.E – 22 April 2018 – Emirates, the Official Airline of the 2018 Arabian Travel Market (ATM), welcom… Read More
Airbus’ BelugaXL next-generation oversize airlifter – which will enter service transporting complete aircraft sections across the company’s European production network l… Read More
The Boeing 747 turns fifty years-old today.
Smithsonian magazine has published an essay of mine about the plane for its “American Icon” feature. You can read it here.&n… Read More
With the formation of Airbus Industrie and the launch of the Airbus A300 jetliner, the different consortium partners finalized their workshare of the project- the tail section was t… Read More