On September 19, 1962-63 years ago today-the Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy took to the skies for the very first time. Built from the fuselage of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, the Guppy was a ...

If you lived in Goleta in the late 1960s and early ’70s, you might remember seeing these almost comical looking aircraft flying around, but do you know they served a very serious purpose and helped ...

NASA's Super Guppy is an aircraft built specifically to ferry large cargo. The Idea for the Super Guppy was introduced in 1965 after the agency's creation of Aero Spaceline Industries' Pregnant Guppy ...

Summary: The Aero Spacelines Guppy, an oddly-shaped cargo plane, played a crucial role in the Space Race by transporting rocket parts across the United States, significantly reducing shipment times.