Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy

Pregnant Guppy
The Pregnant Guppy at the Dryden Flight Research Center for testing and evaluation (October 1962)
General information
Type	Outsize cargo freight aircraft
Manufacturer	Aero Spacelines
Status	Scrapped at Van Nuys in 1979
Primary users	Aero Spacelines NASA
History
Manufactured	1
First flight	September 19, 1962[1]
Retired	1979
Developed from	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
Developed into	Aero Spacelines Super Guppy

The Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy was a large, wide-bodied cargo aircraft built in the United States and used for ferrying outsized cargo items, most notably components of NASA's Apollo program.^[1] The Pregnant Guppy was the first of the Guppy line of aircraft produced by Aero Spacelines.^[1] The design inspired later designs, such as the jet-powered Airbus Beluga and Boeing Dreamlifter.