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Aero Spacelines B-377-SG Super Guppy, prototype of a much enlarged version of the Guppy using C-97J components, powered by four Pratt & Whitney T-34-P-7WA turbo-prop engines. [ 1 ] Aero Spacelines B-377-SGT Super Guppy Turbine (Guppy 201), production version powered by Allison 501-D22C turbo-prop engines, [ 1 ] using an enlarged cargo section ...
Super Guppy Turbine. Aircraft Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref. F-BPPA/N212AS 1972 October 24, 1972
Super Guppy F-BPPA operated for Airbus. Aero Spacelines, Inc. was an American aircraft manufacturer from 1960 to 1968 that converted Boeing 377 Stratocruiser and C-97 aircraft into the famous Guppy line of airplanes, re-engineered to transport oversized cargo such as space exploration vehicles.
John Michael Conroy (December 14, 1920 – December 5, 1979) was an American aviator and later businessman, whose company Aero Spacelines developed the Pregnant Guppy, Super Guppy, and Mini Guppy cargo aircraft. He later founded Conroy Aircraft and Specialized Aircraft in Santa Barbara, California.
One KC-97 airframe (AF Ser. No. 52-0828) [15] was adapted into the Aero Spacelines Super Guppy, a transport plane designed to carry Apollo Program rocket stages from California to Florida. The aircraft carried the Saturn S-IVB stage, which served as the second stage of the Saturn IB , the third stage of the Saturn V , and the fourth stage for ...
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The Pregnant Guppy was sold to American Jet Industries in 1974 and registered N126AJ. Although plans were floated to renovate the transport and return it to service, in the end it was scrapped at Van Nuys Airport in 1979. The rear fuselage and tail assembly, along with various other parts, were used to build the final Super Guppy Turbine ...