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	Aero Spacelines, Inc. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aero Spacelines, Inc. was an aircraft manufacturer that made a name for itself by converting Boeing B-377 Stratocruisers into the famous Guppy line of aircraft.
		Aero Spacelines was taken over by Unexcelled Corporation in 1967, which later changed hands and went out of business.
		Aero Spacelines proved that outsize cargo aircraft were a viable and economical alternative to other methods of transporting outsize cargo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aero_Spacelines,_Inc. (457 words)

	Aero Spacelines Super Guppy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the successor to the Pregnant Guppy, the first of the Guppy aircraft produced by Aero Spacelines, Inc. Five were built in two variants, both of which were colloquially referred to as the "Super Guppy."
		By building from scratch, Aero Spacelines was able to widen the floor of the cargo compartment to 13 ft (4 m).
		Aero Spacelines, Inc., the company that produced the Guppy aircraft.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aero_Spacelines_Super_Guppy (482 words)

	Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mini Guppy is only one of the Guppy line of aircraft produced by Aero Spacelines, Inc..
		This enabled Aero Spacelines to widen the Mini Guppy cargo bay floor to 13 ft (4 m), as opposed to the 8 ft (2.4 m) restriction imposed when building directly onto a B-377 fuselage.
		The Mini Guppy first flew on May 24, 1967, and Aero Spacelines operated it until 1974, when it was sold to American Jet Industries.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mini_Guppy (493 words)

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	Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Both Mini Guppies were built from scratch using parts borrowed from surplus b-377/C-97Js.
		This enabled Aero Spacelines to widen the Mini Guppy cargo bay floor to 13', as opposed to the 8' restriction imposed when building directly onto a B-377 fuselage.
		Erickson Air Crane used the Mini Guppy to haul heavy equipment until 1995, when it was retired to the [ http://www.tillamookair.com/ Tillamook Air Museum] in Tillamook, Oregon, where it resides today.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /a/ae/aero_spacelines_mini_guppy.html (445 words)

	history 101 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1961, he and aircraft broker Lee Mansdorf founded Aero Spacelines, Inc., and pitched their idea of a cargo aircraft to NASA.
		In 1965, Conroy relocated Aero Spacelines from Van Nuys to Santa Barbara.
		Conroy left Aero Spacelines after it was sold in the fall of 1967 and started up Conroy Aircraft Company in Santa Barbara.
	www.independent.com /living/history910.htm (676 words)

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		Aero Spacelines aircraft in flight over a city.
		Flight crew with Aero Spacelines the "Super Guppy," world's largest aircraft, on the initial flight Tuesday, Aug. 31, were (left to right) Jack Pedesky, pilot; Ercel O. Oliver, systems engineer; P.G. Smith, co-pilot; and Galen G. Hull, flight engineer, California (?) 1963.
		Aero spacelines "Super Guppy" under construction in background.
	www.ou.edu /special/albertctr/archives/PhotoInventory/Monronph6.htm (2071 words)

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		Aero Spacelines planned to keep critical spares at strategic locations along its route structure to reduce downtime in case of malfunctions.
		As before, Aero Spacelines developed the new aircraft with its own resources, although personnel from MSFC came to California to cooperate on the design studies, and a flight-test expert from NASA's Flight Research Center at Edwards, California, worked very closely with the design team.
		The success of Aero Spacelines and its original Pregnant Guppy attracted the attention of other firms with thoughts of diversification, and in July 1965 the company was acquired by the Unexcelled Chemical Corporation.
	history.nasa.gov /SP-4206/ch10.htm (10724 words)

	Super Guppy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Aero Spacelines 377SG Super Guppy A little known fact regarding the significant role that the 377PG and 377SG played in Kennedy's dream of getting to the moon by the end of the 1960's.
		Aero Spacelines 377SGT Super Guppy Turbine This 3-view drawing shows that although this Super Guppy is very close in dimensions to the original Super Guppy, the shape of the fuselage and engine...
		Aero Spacelines B-377SG ' Super Guppy ' Description Manufacturer: Aero Spacelines Base model: B377 Designation: B-377 Version: SG Nickname: Super Guppy Basic role: Commercial Transport...
	www.tropicalfishsecrets.com /91/super-guppy.html (581 words)

	Building the SGT
		Some photos were shot documenting the construction of the prototype SGT, while others were taken while Aero Spacelines was preparing the SGT components for shipment to France for the construction of Nos.
		Officials at Aero Spacelined responded that the proposal to re-engine the Super Guppy with the Allisons wasn't practical because the Super Guppy weighed 15,000 lbs.
		In the agreement finally worked out, Aero Spacelines was to act as a sub-contractor in preparing the 377/C-97 components for the final manufacture and assembly of two additional SGT aircraft in France.
	www.allaboutguppys.com /sgt/btsgt/btsgt.htm (965 words)

	B377SGT E76-30317: Aero Spacelines B377SGT Super Guppy on Ramp Loading the X-24B and HL-10 Lifting Bodies for ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Aero Spacelines B377SGT Super Guppy on Ramp Loading the X-24B and HL-10 Lifting Bodies for Transportation to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
		The Aero Spacelines B377SGT Super Guppy was at Dryden in May, 1976 to ferry the X-24 and HL-10 lifting bodies from the Center to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
		The oversized cargo aircraft is a further modification of the B377PG Pregnant Guppy, which was built to transport outsized cargo for NASA's Apollo program, primarily to carry portions of the Saturn 5 rockets from the manufacturer to Cape Canaveral.
	trc.dfrc.nasa.gov /Gallery/Photo/B377SGT/HTML/E76-30317.html (896 words)

	B377SG E76-30317: Aero Spacelines B377SG Super Guppy on Ramp Loading the X-24B and HL-10 Lifting Bodies.
		Aero Spacelines B377SG Super Guppy on Ramp Loading the X-24B and HL-10 Lifting Bodies.
		The Aero Spacelines B377SG Super Guppy was at Dryden in May, 1976, to ferry the X-24 and HL-10 lifting bodies from the Center to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
		The oversized cargo aircraft is a further modification of the B377PG Pregnant Guppy, which was built to transport outsized cargo for NASA's Apollo program, primarily to carry portions of the Saturn V rockets from the manufacturer to Cape Canaveral.
	www.dfrc.nasa.gov /gallery/photo/Guppy/HTML/E76-30317.html (328 words)

	377SGT Super Guppy Turbine
		When Aero Spacelines was looking at powerplants for the new Guppys, they picked the Allison T-56 Turboprop because of it's relative abundance, and also because Lockheed had already designed a nifty cowl for the P-3.
		By constructing a new fuselage, Aero Spacelines was able to increase the width of the floor from 8 ft. on the NASA Super Guppy to 13 ft. for the Super Guppy Turbine.
		Aero Spacelines was then sold to Tracor, Inc. and renamed Tracor Aviation in 1981, who picked up the maintance contracts for the Guppys.
	www.allaboutguppys.com /sgt/377sgtf.htm (4079 words)

	Aero Spacelines, Inc. Encyclopedia Article, History, Biography @ Local Color Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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	Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Definition / Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Definition / Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Research
		It is the successor to the Pregnant Guppy, the first of the Guppy aircraft produced by Aero Spacelines, Inc.
		Five were built in two variants, both of which were colloquially referred to as the "Super Guppy."
	www.elresearch.com /Aero_Spacelines_Super_Guppy (79 words)

	B377PG E62-8887: Aero Spacelines B377PG Pregnant Guppy on ramp in preparation for flight tests and pilot evaluation
		B377PG E62-8887: Aero Spacelines B377PG Pregnant Guppy on ramp in preparation for flight tests and pilot evaluation
		Aero Spacelines B377PG Pregnant Guppy on ramp in preparation for flight tests and pilot evaluation
		The Aero Spacelines B-377PG Pregnant Guppy was flown to Dryden for tests and evaluation by pilots Joe Vensel and Stan Butchart in October 1962.
	www.dfrc.nasa.gov /gallery/photo/Guppy/HTML/E62-8887.html (235 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		American Jet Industries sold it to [http://www.aerounion.com/www/index.asp Aero Union] in 1980, who sold it to [http://www.erickson-aircrane.com/ Erickson Air Crane] eight years later.
		Erickson Air Crane used the Mini Guppy to haul heavy equipment until 1995, when it was retired to the [http://www.tillamookair.com/ Tillamook Air Museum] in Tillamook, Oregon, where it resides today.
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Aero_Spacelines_Mini_Guppy.html (536 words)

	Aero Spacelines, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lee Mansdorf, an aircraft salesman and entrepreneur, came up with the idea for what was to become the Pregnant Guppy overdinner.
		The Pregnant Guppy was thefirst aircraft built by Aero Spacelines, wholly designed to ferry rocket boosters for the Apollo program.
		Aero Spacelines proved that outsize cargo aircraft were a viable and economical alternative to other methods of transportingoutsize cargo.
	www.therfcc.org /aero-spacelines,-inc.-313202.html (424 words)

	mini guppy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Aircraft Aero Spacelines produced eight Guppy aircraft while it was in business.
		Pregnant Guppy The Pregnant Guppy was the first aircraft built by Aero Spacelines...
		97 Stratofreighter Boeing XF8B-1 Aero Spacelines, Inc Pregnant Guppy and Mini Guppy Convair B-36 Convair XC-99 Convair A...
	www.wikisearch.net /mini+guppy (272 words)

	Dc-4 Guppy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In accomplishing this deed, the Carvair ATL-98 began with a Douglas C-54/ DC -4 and a...
		influence by Aero Spacelines' Guppy series was apparent, but the concept...
		AERO SPACELINES 377PG "Pregnant Guppy " 377SG "Super Guppy " 377MG "Mini Guppy " 377MGT Guppy -101 377SGT Guppy -201 AEROCAR Modell III "COOT" AIRCRAFT HYDRO-FORMING "Bushmaster 2000" BEDE BD-2 "Love...
	www.tropicalfishsecrets.com /41/dc-4-guppy.html (746 words)

	Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy - explanation-Guide.info - for information, definition, meaning, reference - free ...
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	Goleta Air and Space Museum: The Pregnant, Mini, and Super Guppies
		The Pregnant Guppy next to the Aero Spacelines hangar at the Santa Barbara Airport in June of 1972.
		The Super Guppy dwarfs a pair of Convair airliners on the Aero Spacelines flightline on August 14, 1977.
		Wing root section and fuselage frames for a Super Guppy 201 in the Aero Spacelines hangar at the Santa Barbara Airport on October 12, 1980.
	www.air-and-space.com /guppies.htm (797 words)

	wiki/Aero Spacelines Definition / wiki/Aero Spacelines Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Aero Spacelines, Inc. was an aircraft manufacturer that made a name for itself by converting Boeing The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) is a leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities near Seattle, Washington.
		It is also a defense contractor, and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average....
		Mini Guppy versions Two versions of the Mini Guppy were produced.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Aero_Spacelines (783 words)

	GUPPY (FLUGZEUG) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Als die NASA begann immer größere Raketenteile zu planen, wurde schnell klar das diese nur über den Luftweg transportiert werden konnten.
		So gab Aero Spacelines im Auftrag der NASA bei Conroy Aircraft den Umbau einiger ausgemusteter B-377 Stratocruiser in Auftrag.
		Eigentümer Aero Spacelines (bis 1974), American Jet Industries (bis 1980), Aero Union (bis 1988), Erickson Air Crane (bis 1995).
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/G/Guppy_(Flugzeug) (546 words)

	Aero Spacelines Guppy Aircraft and Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This may be of use to anyone building model kits of the Guppy, or researching the history of an example of Guppy.
		If, perhaps for a birthday or to help with a rebuild project, you are looking for books and manuals on classic Aero Spacelineses, or Guppys in particular, just click here to see what Aero Spacelines book titles Amazon has available.
		To advertise your FREE Aero Spacelines spares, wants, literature or information request, please complete the form further down the page.
	www.classic-aircraft.oldclassiccar.co.uk /aero_spacelines_guppy.htm (377 words)

	aerospacelinesguppy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Aero Spacelines Guppy has four R4360 piston engines or four Allison 501 turboprops.
		The span of the Guppy 156ft 3 in (47.62m) and a length of 143ft 10 in
		And a retaining wing and engine of the Boeing Stratocruiser airliner, the Aero Spacelines Guppy has a vast fuselage originally designed to accommodate space launcher stages.
	www.k12.nf.ca /sptech/projects/aviation/cargo/aerospacelinesguppy.html (118 words)

	Apollo 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The first piece of the Apollo 4 to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center was the third stage.
		This was built by Douglas Aircraft Company and was small enough to be transported by plane, though it was no ordinary plane, being an Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy.
		The other stages were much larger and had to travel by barge, with the first stage arriving next from Boeing Company at Michoud, Louisiana along the Banana River.
	www.portaljuice.com /apollo_4.html (714 words)

	377MGT Mini Guppy Turbine
		Aero Spacelines developed the turboprop conversion on the 377MGT first, then later used the same conversion on the more successful Super Guppys.
		This picture in taken at the Aero Spacelines ramp at Santa Barbara Airport.
		With the crash of the 377MGT and the shrinking aerospace budgets, Aero Spacelines found itself no customers for the 377MGT, and only one for the 377SGT.
	www.allaboutguppys.com /mgt/377mgtf.htm (424 words)

	Archivio fotografico Aeromedia
		Aero L-39C Albatros 0442 of Biele Albatrosy aerobatic team (Czeck Republic) landing at Cameri AB (Italy) 1997.
		Aero Spacelines B.377SG Super Guppy N940NS della NASA, esposto "coconizzato" al Pima Air and Space Museum di Tucson, in Arizona, nel 1996.
		Aero Spacelines B.377SG Super Guppy N940NS of NASA, on "cocoonized" display at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona (1996).
	www.fly-net.org /aeromedia/foto1.html (6792 words)

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