I believe that NASA still operates a Super Guppy out of Ellington
Field in Houston. I saw it fly several times around 2000 and even got
a tour of it. It is certainly an ungainly thing, but it looks
positively sprightly next to its successor - the Beluga.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_Beluga
Mark
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >
> The Super Guppies have been sitting around doing nothing down in El Paso
> for decades. I doubt that they will ever fly again.
>
> The last C-97's I was aware of that were still flying were operated by
> Hawkins & Powers out of Greybull, WY. They were used to haul contract
> freight, and that was about 20 years ago. The engines are probably all worn
> out by now as you can only chrome the cylinders so many times.
>
> Chris
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