Aero Spacelines Super Guppy

The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy is a large wide-bodied cargo aircraft used for ferrying outsized 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 Guppy.

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The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy is a large, wide-bodied cargo aircraft used for ferrying outsized cargo components.2
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Made by Aero Spacelines.

It is the successor of the Boeing 377 Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter .

The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy is a unique, wide-bodied cargo aircraft used to transport spacecraft components for the nation's many space programs.4
An Aero Spacelines Super Guppy parked at the Airbus facility in Hamburg Finkenwerder.5
More Users
NASA
Aeromaritime
Airbus
Jet Or Prop
prop
Height Alt
14.148 m
Predecessor
Boeing 377
Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
Length Alt
43.84 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
170000.0
Power Alt
3491.0
Range Main
1734.0
Type Of Prop
turboprops
More General
111 ft x 25 ft x 25 ft
Status
Developed From
C-97J Turbo Stratocruiser 377 Stratocruiser
Cruise Speed Main
252
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
77110.0
Ceiling Main
32000.0
Number Built
1
Crew
Four
Cruise Speed Alt
17280.0
Height Main
1414.78
Primary user
Span Alt
47.625 m
Plane Or Copter?
Engine(prop)
Allison T56
Manufacturer
Useful Load Main
54500.0
First Flight
1965-08-31
Span Main
4762.5
Power Main
4
680 hp
Number Of Props
4
Empty Weight Alt
46039.0
Length Main
4384.04
Range Alt
119160.0
Similar Aircraft
* Airbus Beluga* Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter* Conroy Skymonster* Myasishchev VM-T
Related
* B-29 Superfortress* Boeing 377* Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy* Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy
Empty Weight Main
101500.0
Ceiling Alt
9
753.6 m
Useful Load Alt
24720.0
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