Before The Airbus Beluga: What To Know About Boeing’s Giant 377 Guppies

The Airbus Beluga is one of the world’s most iconic aircraft, instantly recognizable for its whale-shaped fuselage, hence the ‘Beluga’ name. The outsize cargo plane, initially known as the Airbus A300-600ST Super Transporter before the development of the even larger BelugaXL, was created to help Airbus transport large components needed to build its planes.