An airbus Beluga flies just the same as any other aircraft. It looks unwieldy, but it's all hollow.

The Airbus Beluga requires 2 pilots (2 person cockpit crew - captain and co-pilot)

The Airbus A300-600ST Super Transporter, more commonly known as the beluga owing to its similarity in shape to the whale of that name, was developed by Airbus to allow transportation of airplane parts from Airbus factories around Europe to their central assembly plant in Toulouse, France.

The Airbus A300-600ST (Super Transporter), commonly known as the Beluga is 184 ft 3 inches long. (56.15 metres).