9/25/2003: Super Guppy

[Jaxxon]

Originally posted by Undertoad
I had never seen this aircraft before, and was really interested to see it when xoxoxoBruce sent the images of it along. This is a Super Guppy, and its job is to move aircraft sections from point A to point B.

Its job was to move aircraft sections across Europe, from one Airbus assembly facility to another. Airbus stopped using them years ago.

The Super Guppy was replaced by the Beluga. Here's some info:

Official Site
Fan site (German only, but lots of pics)