Proposed American large transport aircraft intended to carry the Space Shuttle
Virtus
Artist's concept of the Virtus
Role
Outsized cargo aircraft
Type of aircraft
National origin
United States
Manufacturer
Turbo-Three Corporation
Designer
John M. Conroy
Status
Canceled
Primary user
NASA
Developed from
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
The Conroy Virtus was a proposed American large transport aircraft intended to carry the Space Shuttle. Designed, beginning in 1974, by John M. Conroy of the Turbo-Three Corporation, it was to incorporate a pair of Boeing B-52 Stratofortress fuselages to form a new craft using existing parts for cost-savings.[1][2] While the project was seriously considered, it proved impractically large and NASA chose to develop the Boeing 747–based Shuttle Carrier from surplus commercial aircraft instead.
^"Feasibility Study to Consider an Aircraft for the Air Launch and Air Transportation of the Space Shuttle Orbiter". 1974.
^"Space Shuttle Orders Giant Plane Developed". newspapers.com. The Modesto Bee. February 13, 1974. p. A17. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
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