The huge Antonov 124 touched down safely at Alicante’s international airport carrying the hopes of the Spanish bid to win the Volvo Ocean Race for the first time.
fter a three-day odyssey from New Zealand, one of the world’s largest planes, with its very special cargo – the hull of Telefonica Black – was welcomed by a crowd of Spanish journalists, photographers and the Telefonica team’s shore and sailing crew.
The hull emerged from its Antonov cocoon to be carefully lifted on to a truck for the nine km journey to the Telefonica base at the harbour in Alicante, host for the start of the 2008-09 race on 4 October.
The shore crew now plan to have the first of the two Spanish entries in the water by next week after finishing the rig and completing the commissioning.
The arrival in Spain of Telefonica Black marks the culmination of approximately 40,000 man hours of work by a team of 60 people – the boat builders, the Telefónica technical and design teams.
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