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
The Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy was a large, wide-bodied cargo aircraft built in the United States and used for ferrying outsized cargo items, most notably components of NASA's Apollo program. The
Aero Spacelines Super Guppy
…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 first of the Guppy aircraft produced by Aero Spacelines. Five were built in two variants, both of which were colloquially referred to as the "Super…
The Pregnant Guppy at the Dryden Flight Research Center for testing and evaluation (October 1962)
The Pregnant Guppy, with its tail removed, is loaded with a S-IV stage (1965)