The Airbus Beluga requires 2 pilots (2 person cockpit crew - captain and co-pilot)
An airbus Beluga flies just the same as any other aircraft. It looks unwieldy, but it's all hollow.
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.
There have been many and there are at least 5 good books illustrating them. The most recent that I've actually seen was the super body Airbus 'Beluga' that carried Airbus parts from factory to factory.
The Airbus A300-600ST (Super Transporter), commonly known as the Beluga is 184 ft 3 inches long. (56.15 metres).
The correct spelling is beluga, plural belugas, for certain white whales or species of sturgeon.The proper name Beluga is a city in Alaska and a type of transport aircraft (Airbus 300-600XT).
Airbus announced it's plans in 1994. The first flight took place in 2005.
Airbus has announced that there will be one that means Beoing will have to build more aircraft because Airliners will buy this aircraft.
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An Airbus A300-600ST Super Transporter ('Beluga') can fly non-stop for 2400km (1295 nautical miles/1490 statute miles) while carrying a 40 tonne (88,185 lbs/40,000 kg) payload. It can fly for 4000km (2160nautical miles/2485 statute miles) with a 30 tonne (66,150lbs/30,000 kg) payload.GTM Universal