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2 unusual facts about Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy


Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy

Erickson Air Crane used the Mini Guppy to haul heavy equipment until 1995, when it was retired to the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon, where it resides today.

It was the first Guppy aircraft to feature upgraded Allison 501-D22C turboprop engines.


Goodyear GZ-20

Christened Europa N2A. her structural elements were freighted from the Goodyear factory in Akron Ohio to the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England on an Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy to be erected there but based at a new facility near Rome.


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