Aero Spacelines 377SG Super Guppy
The next aircraft has to be one of the most unusual ever built — the Aero Spacelines 377SG Super Guppy (for some reason I always want to call it the "Pregnant Guppy"). It was developed to carry large but lightweight cargo such as rocket segments. Much of the Saturn rocket that powered the Apollo Program was transported in the Super Guppy. The majority of the airframe came from a former Pan American Airways airliner. However, the wings, engines and forward fuselage came from one of the Air Force's experimental turbo-prop powered YC-97J aircraft. This Super Guppy continued in use by NASA until 1991 when it was retired in favor of a younger Super Guppy.
Size: 6578px × 4385px
Location: Tucson, AZ
Photo credit: © B. David Cathell / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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