You could buy that to haul your cars around. There was a transport built for NASA called the pregnant guppy. Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Very cool. Is it true tge NASA U2 has stopped at Ellington a few times? I love Ellington there always seems to be something cool. Are they flying the predators out of Ellington?
That sure looks a bit different than the original KC-97's on which I worked in 1951 at Renton. The best thing that ever happened to that airplane was the installation of gas turbine engines. Still a best.
The plane pictured above is basically the same plane but a later version with turboprops. Called the 'Super Guppy'. There was also a Mini-Guppy that was a little smaller. And they were not just built for NASA... even AirBus bought one.
Airbus actually bought several, all of the available Super Guppies, in fact. I believe that the engines and nacelles were identical to those on the Lockheed Electra and thus similar to those on the Orion.
Here's a good short article w/ Pics on the Super Guppy. This Super-Sized Cargo Plane Carries NASA's Largest And Most Precious Equipment - Business Insider
I should have said, " Still a beast." I know guys who flew them in the military and for Northwest Airlines and that took a full flight deck and some hard working flight engineers and sharp pilots to keep it in the air. Complex, complicated, and contrary.
