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NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Collection
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NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Collection
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Photo Description:
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Assistant crew chief David Wyckoff checks out operation of the Super Guppy's new landing gear from the flight deck after changeout is complete.
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Assistant crew chief David Wyckoff checks out operation of the Super Guppy's new landing gear from the flight deck after changeout is complete.
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Project Description:
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The various Guppies were modified from 1940's and 50's-vintage Boeing Model 377 and C-97 Stratocruiser airframes by Aero Spacelines, Inc., which operated the aircraft for NASA. NASA's Flight Research Center assisted in certification testing of the first Super Guppy in 1962. One of the turboprop-powered Super Guppies, built up from a YC-97J airframe, last appeared at Dryden in May, 1976 when it was used to transport the HL-10 and X-24B lifting bodies from Dryden to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
NASA's present Super Guppy Turbine, the fourth and last example of the final version, first flew in its outsized form in 1980. It and its three sister ships were built in the 1970s for Europe's Airbus Industrie to ferry outsized structures for Airbus jetliners to the final assembly plant in Toulouse, France. It later was acquired by the European Space Agency, and then acquired by NASA in late 1997 for transport of large structures for the International Space Station to the launch site. It replaced the earlier-model Super Guppy, which has been retired and is used for spare parts. NASA's Super Guppy Turbine carries NASA registration number N941NA, and is based at Ellington Field near the Johnson Space Center.
Project_Description
The various Guppies were modified from 1940's and 50's-vintage Boeing Model 377 and C-97 Stratocruiser airframes by Aero Spacelines, Inc., which operated the aircraft for NASA. NASA's Flight Research Center assisted in certification testing of the first Super Guppy in 1962. One of the turboprop-powered Super Guppies, built up from a YC-97J airframe, last appeared at Dryden in May, 1976 when it was used to transport the HL-10 and X-24B lifting bodies from Dryden to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
NASA's present Super Guppy Turbine, the fourth and last example of the final version, first flew in its outsized form in 1980. It and its three sister ships were built in the 1970s for Europe's Airbus Industrie to ferry outsized structures for Airbus jetliners to the final assembly plant in Toulouse, France. It later was acquired by the European Space Agency, and then acquired by NASA in late 1997 for transport of large structures for the International Space Station to the launch site. It replaced the earlier-model Super Guppy, which has been retired and is used for spare parts. NASA's Super Guppy Turbine carries NASA registration number N941NA, and is based at Ellington Field near the Johnson Space Center.
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Photo Date:
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April 28, 2005
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April 28, 2005
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NASA Photo by:
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Tomy Landis
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Tomy Landis
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International Space Station (ISS)
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International Space Station (ISS)
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Ohio
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Ohio
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France
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France
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Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C.
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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1962
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1962
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1980
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1980
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May, 1976
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May, 1976
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April 28, 2005
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April 28, 2005
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1976
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1976
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1962
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1962
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2005
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2005
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1980
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1980
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Photo Number:
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EC05-0091-47
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EC05-0091-47
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SPD-DRYDEN-EC05-0091 -47
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SPD-DRYDEN-EC05-0091 -47
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