Super Guppy

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 11/05/2013 at 23:06 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Designed to carry oversized cargo for NASA during the Apollo era, the Super Guppy aircraft have had a long and successful history. These amazing planes were based off of Boeing Stratocruisers and can trace their design origins to the B-29 project.

THOMAS5 > f86sabre 11/05/2013 at 23:11

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I love these, I saw one in the background of a chris harris video and asked oppo what in the hell it was. I think it was Fl1ngstam that told me

Dusty Ventures > f86sabre 11/05/2013 at 23:13

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Can't talk about the Super Guppy without also mentioning the Beluga

Mason-Dixon > f86sabre 11/05/2013 at 23:16

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We need more Planelopnik !

NotACactus > f86sabre 11/05/2013 at 23:16

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If it originated as a B-29, could it hypothetically work as a really big B-29? Apart from being a gigantic floating target, that's lots of space for more bombs or stuff.

Dusty Ventures > Dusty Ventures 11/05/2013 at 23:17

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Agrajag > f86sabre 11/05/2013 at 23:17

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FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > f86sabre 11/05/2013 at 23:17

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For some reason I always just assumed they were c-130 based. In retrospect that was a dumb assumption given the C-130's high wing configuration. Thanks for the info.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 11/05/2013 at 23:19

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I saw the Super Guppy at an air show at Ellington Field in Houston a few years ago. Sorry, no SR20. What an amazing bird, though.

Argent > Dusty Ventures 11/05/2013 at 23:21

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Airbus also used Guppies.

Boeings transporting Airbuses...reminds me of this ad:

TheOnelectronic > f86sabre 11/05/2013 at 23:28

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From the makers of Cras... Plaens!

Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > f86sabre 11/05/2013 at 23:30

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One just brought the Shuttle trainer to the Museum of Flight this year.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Dusty Ventures 11/05/2013 at 23:59

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I read the other day Airbus may be considering an A330-based version of the Beluga for its higher MTOW.

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Dusty Ventures > Argent 11/06/2013 at 01:28

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Right, Airbus used the Guppy for over a decade but between the aging airframe, rising maintenance costs, size constraints, and constant jokes from Boeing, they decided to develop their own, creating the bigger Beluga in the early 90s

f86sabre > Dusty Ventures 11/06/2013 at 08:49

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Too true. Saw it up close at the Paris Air Show about 15 years ago. Not much to the top structure. I always thought it was funny that Airbus had to use a plane based on a Boeing during the early years.

f86sabre > NotACactus 11/06/2013 at 08:53

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Payload weight would be about the same.

f86sabre > Mason-Dixon 11/06/2013 at 08:53

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There are a few of us trying to keep it alive.