Pregnant Guppy | |
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The Pregnant Guppy at the Dryden Flight Research Center for testing and evaluation (October 1962) | |
Role | Outsize cargo freight aircraft |
Manufacturer | Aero Spacelines |
First flight | September 19, 1962[1] |
Retired | 1979 |
Status | Scrapped at Van Nuys in 1979 |
Primary users | Aero Spacelines NASA |
Produced | 1 |
Developed from | Boeing 377 Stratocruiser |
Developed into | Aero Spacelines Super Guppy |
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] The design inspired later designs, such as the jet-powered Airbus Beluga and Boeing Dreamlifter.
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