Kc-97 Stratotanker - Page 2

**GEEDUBBYA** · 01-04-2008

Howdy Alan,

Thanks for the comments on the model. And as for the "interesting facts", thats exactly what i thought they were when i was researching all of the aircraft that followed the B-29.
And as for the super guppy, I found this interesting site showing a super guppy loading/unloading an Airbus A330/340 middle fuselage section on August 27th 1996 at the former airforce base Neubiberg in the south of Munich, Germany. Now I realized that was over 10 yrs ago, but I liked the photos lol.
So, I searched for other flights by the Super-Guppy and found NASA's aircraft at an airshow in Houston, Texas Here: Photo NASA B377SGT Superguppy N941NA . Now that was just for an airshow, but again, I liked the photo
But i did find on the net this "Ipaper streaming document" (I had never seen one of these before) here: NASA 121836main vol 47-issue 3-Jun 05 which had on pages 14 and 15 a description of the new and improved super guppy. Apparently those "Turbojet engines on the picture above are from a P-3 Orion and the Props are from a C-130 Hercules, the engines built for speed and the props built for heavy loads making this new guppy not so much faster as it is more powerful. This Ipaper document was published Jun of 05'. So, yeah, i would have to say they are still flying

Anyway, thanks again for the comment on the model, have a good day,

Greg

**wonwinglo** · 02-04-2008

What a machine the Stratocruiser was,the elegant scheme used by B.O.A.C on their Stratocruiser's looked really good,before the jets came along these giants plied the Atlantic routes,the American company Babb & Co sold off these giants all over the world to give further service.