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After the closure of many large-scale seaplane/WIG projects such as the LL600, the Beriev design bureau proposed the Be-1200: an oversized passenger/cargo aircraft which could transport large amounts of goods or passengers without the need for runways.
At the time, the Be-1200 was designed for a role that no other plane could do. But with the creation and production of oversized land-based aircraft such as the Dreamlifter and Beluga, the niche the Be-1200 was designed for was filled, thus interest and funding for the project dried up.
The proposed variants included a cargo and passenger version.
Purpose
- Oversize Transport
- Charter
Stats
Engines: 6x Rolls Royce Trent, 110,230 lb/thrust each
Speed: 432 kts
Range: 5396 nmi
Service ceiling: 32800 ft
Cargo variant
Payload: 991000 lb
MTOW: 2643170 lb
Passenger variant
Capacity: 1200 passengers
Alongside this project was proposed the Be-2500, an even larger cargo-only transport (which is already a rejected suggestion because it’s just way too large
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Sources:
Book: Wings Over Water: A Chronicle of the Flying Boats and Amphibians of the Twentieth Century
Statistics: https://www.alexstoll.com/AircraftOfTheMonth/6-01.html
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