But the Super Guppy proved them wrong. ... had been Boeing’s first post-war airliner and was now obsolete thanks to new jet aircraft like the Boeing 707. Underwood Archives.

Airbus used to fly four Boeing Super Guppy cargo planes before developing the Beluga. advertisement. ... Boeing, and the 'Guppy' aircraft derived from Boeing's 377 Stratocruiser.

Called the Super Guppy Turbine, it was roughly the same size of the original Super Guppy, but was based on a custom-designed middle fuselage rather than one from an old Boeing 377.

it was roughly the same size of the original Super Guppy, but was based on a custom-designed middle fuselage rather than one from an old Boeing 377. This allowed the floor of the cargo hold to be ...

The first Super Guppy was constructed from a ballooned fuselage taken from a Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, which first flew in 1965.

- The Super Guppy was designed for oversized cargo. Like a lot of airplanes, ... By the end of World War II, Boeing B-29 bombers could carry 10 tons at about 300 miles per hour.

NASA's Super Guppy, a specialized aircraft with a unique hinged nose, on display in Boeing Plaza at EAA AirVenture 2023, July 25, 2023. (WLUK/Lexi Schroeder) ...

The Super Guppy was also bigger and more powerful than its predecessor – 14 feet longer, with a cargo bay diameter of 25 feet, and newer, stronger, lighter engines.

Updated: 2:05 p.m. NASA’s bulbous Super Guppy cargo plane broke through the clouds north of Boeing Field at noon Saturday, to the cheers of more than 1,000 gathered at the Museum of Flight.

The original Guppy airplane, known as the Pregnant Guppy, was built by the now-defunct Aero Spacelines in the 1960s by converting a Boeing Stratotanker refueling aircraft.