Aero Spacelines Super Guppy

Aero Spacelines Super Guppy

This image is relating to NASA SGT or Super Guppy Transport. It is so extremely large; it can bear two T-38 aircraft inside. In 2013 March 18 it flew two planes at once from Houston to El Paso.

Aero Spacelines Super Guppy is a huge, wide-bodied cargo aircraft that is used for hauling outsized cargo machinery. It was the successor to the Pregnant Guppy, the first of the Guppy aircraft produced by Aero Spacelines. 

Aircraft model

A Super Guppy Turbo used by NASA

Manufacturer: Aero Spacelines

Status: Operated by NASA

Primary users: Aero Spacelines, NASA, Airbus, Aeromaritime

Role: Outsize cargo freight aircraft

First flight: August 31, 1965

Length: 144' (44 m)

Engine type: Turboprop

Weight: 101,500 lbs (46,040 kg)

Wingspan: 156' (48 m)

Range: 2,000 miles (3,219 km)

Number built: 1 SG, 4 SGT

Top speed: 288 mph (463 km/h)

Cruise speed: 253 mph (407 km/h)

Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (certificated ceiling) (7620 m)

Wing loading: 86.5 lb/ft² (422.5 kg/m²)

Power/mass: 9.08 lb/hp (5.52 kg/W)

Empty weight: 101,500 lb (46,039 kg)

Useful load: 54,500 lb (24,720 kg)

Max. takeoff weight: 170,000 lb (77,110 kg)

Powerplant: 4 × Allison 501-D22C turboprops, 4,680 hp (3,491 kW) each

Developed from: C-97J Turbo Stratocruiser 377 Stratocruiser Pregnant Guppy (fourth one built with cannibalized pieces from Pregnant Guppy)