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RIP the "dream" plane
Black Phoenix:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on April 27, 2022, 05:07:43 pm ---And, I don't know what you're talking about when mentioning the Beluga. It's still useful and operating. Absolutely not "past glory".
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Yes, only five of the original model were build and are used by Airbus to transport parts for their own assembly lines.
Current model is the Beluga XL. My mistake since I remember reading about their production stop, the low units build but didn't know it had a replacement.
Well its an airplane in the same situation than the Antonov, but this one at least kinda have a purpose for it.
cdev:
--- Quote from: james_s on April 27, 2022, 06:22:31 pm ---There are not a lot of uses for the AN-225 which is why there were never a lot of them built, but there are uses, for which nothing else will do. I don't think there will ever be a need for a large fleet of them but one or two could certainly be useful.
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They will hold a large shipment of the kinds of goods that one might ship to countries in emergencies... And I think they need less of a runway.
Certain kinds of shipments are more expensive than they should be because of the lack of a high capacity shipping ability to non-major airports
ledtester:
Update on the AN-225:
The SSU is investigating the involvement of the Antonov State Enterprise management in the destruction of the AN-225 “Mriya”
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/the-ssu-is-investigating-the-involvement-of-the-antonov-state-enterprise-management-in-the-destruction-of-the-an-225-mriya/
SiliconWizard:
:popcorn:
magic:
Some manager expected more profit from insurance than keeping a 40 year old machine in working order? :-DD
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