Turboprop conversion and enlarged version of outsize cargo carrier Pregnant Guppy
B-377-SG/SGT Super Guppy
Super Guppy Turbine used by NASA
Role
Outsize cargo aircraft
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer
Aero Spacelines / Boeing
First flight
August 31, 1965[1]
Status
Active, operated by NASA
Primary users
Aero Spacelines[1] NASA, Airbus, Aeromaritime[1]
Number built
1 SG, 4 SGT[1]
Developed from
Boeing 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.
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