Aero Spacelines Super Guppy

B-377-SG/SGT Super Guppy
Super Guppy Turbine used by NASA
General information
TypeOutsize cargo aircraft
ManufacturerAero Spacelines / Boeing
StatusActive, operated by NASA
Primary usersAero Spacelines[1]
Number built1 SG, 4 SGT[1]
History
First flightAugust 31, 1965[1]
Developed fromBoeing 377 Stratocruiser

The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy is a large, wide-bodied cargo aircraft that is used for hauling outsize 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".

The Super Guppy is the only airplane to carry a complete S-IVB stage, the third stage of the Saturn V rocket.[2] It did so several times during the Apollo program.

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Janes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Edgar M. Cortright (ed.). Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, The NASA History: 50th Anniversary Edition. Dover. p. 53.