Aero Spacelines Super Guppy
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The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Turbine is a large, wide-bodied four engine turboprop cargo aircraft used for transporting outsize cargo components. It was the successor to the Pregnant Guppy, the fir
Super Guppy Turbine used by NASA
Super Guppy September 1965, Lancaster, CA, USA
USAF Boeing YC-97J Stratofreighter 52-2693, seen in 1952, before conversion to the first Super Guppy
Apollo 11 Command module Columbia being loaded aboard a Super Guppy at Ellington AFB, August 1969
Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
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The Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter is a long-range heavy military cargo aircraft developed from the B-29 and B-50 bombers.
Aero Spacelines Super Guppy
…lbs, or 13,500 kilograms. It did so several times during the Apollo program. The first Super Guppy, or "SG", was built directly from a retired USAF Boeing YC-97J Stratofreighter. The fuselage was lengthened to 141 feet (43 m), and ballooned out to a maximum inside diameter of 25 ft (7.6 m), the length of the cargo compartment…
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A YC-97 Stratofreighter with the shorter fin and smaller engines of the B-29 in 1947
A Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter of the Minnesota Air National Guard in 1971 after service as part of Military Airlift Command
C-97A Stratofreighter 49-2607 of the Minnesota Air National Guard, 1960