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Ultra-Large Aircraft, 1940-1970 : The Development of Guppy and Expanded Fuselage Transports, Paperback / softback Book

Ultra-Large Aircraft, 1940-1970 : The Development of Guppy and Expanded Fuselage Transports Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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In 1962, a unique transport aircraft was built from the parts of 27 Boeing B-377 airliners to provide NASA with a means of transporting rocket boosters.

With an interior the size of a gymnasium, ""The Guppy"" was the first of eight wide-body cargo planes built by Aero Spacelines.

More than half a century later, the last Super Guppy is still in active service and the design concept is used on next-generation transports. This comprehensive history of expanded fuselage aircraft begins in the 1940s with the military's need for a long-range transport.

The author covers the development of competing designs by Boeing, Convair and Douglas, and their many technical challenges and catastrophic failures.

Behind-the-scenes maneuvers of financiers, corporate raiders, mobsters and other nefarious characters provide an inside look at aviation development from the drawing board to the scrap yard.

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