The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 2
The extraordinary Aero Spacelines Guppy dominates this group, its bulbous fuselage and swing-open nose photographed on ramps and mid-loading alongside a supersonic F-100 Super Sabre. Built from surplus Stratocruiser airframes to ferry Saturn rocket stages, these outsized transports link wartime Boeing engineering to the Apollo era.
Aero Spacelines 'Guppy' Outsized Cargo Aircraft on Ramp — 'Largest Airplane in the World'
Aero Spacelines Guppy-Type Cargo Aircraft Loading Oversized Jet Engine
Aero Spacelines 'Guppy' Outsized Cargo Aircraft on Airport Ramp, 'Largest Airplane in the World'
Aero Spacelines Guppy-Series Cargo Aircraft with Swing-Nose Open, Circa Early-to-Mid 1960s
Aero Spacelines B-377PG 'Pregnant Guppy' Outsized Cargo Aircraft on Tarmac
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