Aero Spacelines 377SG Super Guppy Pregnant Guppy.on the Tarmac at the Pima Air & Space Museum
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. [1] The Pregnant Guppy was the first of the Guppy line of aircraft produced by Aero Spacelines. [1]
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In 1961, Aero Spacelines presented the Pregnant Guppy, the first of the Guppy line of aircraft assembled from a reformed KC-97 Stratotanker. This aircraft supported the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in delivering critical outsized cargo to the Cape in just 18 hours, compared to 18 to 25 days on a barge.
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Aero Spacelines, then based at Van Nuys, California, were quick to appreciate the potential of outsize cargo aircraft that would be able to airlift large booster rocket stages being employed in the American space programme, as well as for the transport of aircraft assemblies, oil drilling equipment, and other items too large to be carried by any.
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The Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy was a heavy cargo plane used for transporting large and bulky items by air. It is best known for transporting equipment for NASA during the 1960s and 1970s,.
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Aero Spacelines, Inc. was an American aircraft manufacturer from 1960 to 1968 that converted Boeing 377 Stratocruisers into the famous Guppy line of airplanes, re-engineered to transport oversized cargo such as space exploration vehicles. History
The Pregnant, Mini, and Super Guppies
The Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy - YouTube © 2023 Google LLC As the US honed in on what it hoped would be its notable first in manned space exploration, a problem arose that required a unique.
Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy Used for ferrying large pieces of the Apollo Program aviation
In 1961, California-based Aero Spaceline Industries solved this problem when it introduced the first Guppy aircraft. Built from a heavily modified KC-97 Stratotanker, the Pregnant Guppy featured the largest cargo compartment of any aircraft ever built. At just over 19' in diameter, this massive cavity was specifically designed to carry the.
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Aero Spacelines fabricated a large dome that was mated to the top of the fuselage, which resulted in the iconic Pregnant Guppy. The Pregnant Guppy planes could carry a heavy, bulky payload, and.
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Aero Spacelines 377SG Super Guppy. Drawings. A little known fact regarding the significant role that the 377PG and 377SG played in Kennedy's dream of getting to the moon by the end of the 1960's. NASA was given top priority to meet this deadline. The Pregnant Guppy's first flight was on September 19, 1962, a little over a year after Kennedy's.
Saturn V 3rd stage being loaded into an Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy transport aircraft for
Help Category:Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository English: Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy Media in category "Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy" The following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total. Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy in flight (MSFC-9801783).jpg 1,110 × 868; 911 KB
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Aero Spacelines' first product, the Pregnant Guppy, was a game changer; the only aircraft capable of carrying the upper stage of the Saturn rocket upon which the Apollo program relied. The.
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377SGT Super Guppy Turbine. (Guppy 201) Drawings. This 3-view drawing shows that although this Super Guppy is very close in dimensions to the original Super Guppy, the shape of the fuselage and engine nacelles are completely different. The fuselage has a smoother flow more remenisent of the Pregnant Guppy. (60K JPG image) A system of rails in.
scanzen “ Loading of SIV stage to NASA’s Pregnant Guppy (Aero Spacelines Super Guppy) aircraft
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 NASA 's components of the Apollo program. [1] The Pregnant Guppy was the first of the Guppy line of aircraft produced by Aero Spacelines. [1] The design also inspired similar designs such.
Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy airfreight aircraft N1037V tarmac photo 1960s
L' Aero Spacelines B-377PG Pregnant Guppy est un avion cargo dérivé du B-377 Stratocruiser, spécialement conçu pour transporter les éléments de fusées nécessaires à la réalisation du programme spatial Apollo . Les étages de la fusée Saturn V, vecteur indispensable à la conquête de la Lune dans laquelle s'était engagé la NASA.
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Pictured here is Aero Spacelines' legecy to the Mojave Desert. In the end all Stratocruisers met the smelter's torch. This situation became critial for ASI while building the components to fill Airbus Industrie's order for 377SGT No.4, and had to purchase a part of the dismantled Pregnant Guppy's fuselage to send to France.
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The Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy was a large, wide-bodied cargo aircraft built in the United States and used for ferrying outsized cargo items, the most significant components of NASA's Apollo program.