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[press4]

schöner fremder mann, du bist lieb zu miiiir.
schöner fremder mann, wenn ich träum von dir....

wie gehts weiter, wo sind die 60er baujahre

[Pleitegeieronline]

...Wie s dann weitergeht denke ich mir lieber...

Der Rest wäre nicht Jugendfrei...

Pleitegeieronline...

[press4]

ich glaub das ist ein jungendfreies lied

[Klacks]

hast wohl die letzten wochen gepennt ???????

scharping hat startschuss zum bau neuer militär-transportflugzeuge schon gegeben !!!!

mein tipp:
jetzt in wehrtechnik investieren !!!

[press4]

geile antwort

[press4]

na was ist da jetzt

[Bomber2]

#4:



Gruss Bomber2

[press4]

ja das nenn ich verpostet

[Loserin]

Conny Francis...............

Schöner fremder Mann
Du bist lieb zu mir
Schöner fremder Mann
Denn ich träum von Dir
Doch am Tag gehst Du
Mit einer anderen Frau vorbei
Du gehörst zu ihr
Und ich bin allein
Nur in meinem Traum
Darf ich glücklich sein
Glücklich sein mit Dir
Denn nur im Traum gehörst Du mir
Und werden auch Jahre vergehen
Ich weiß, ich liebe nur Dich
Es wird solange ich lebe
Keinen anderen geben für mich
Schöner fremder Mann
Einmal kommt die Zeit
Und dann wird mein Traum
Endlich Wirklichkeit
Schöner fremder Mann
Dann fängt für uns die Liebe an
Und werden auch Jahre vergehen
Ich weiß, ich liebe nur Dich
Es wird solange ich lebe
Keinen anderen geben für mich
Schöner fremder Mann
Einmal kommt die Zeit
Und dann wird mein Traum
Endlich Wirklichkeit
Schöner fremder Mann
Dann fängt für uns die Liebe an


MfG

[press4]

dachte das singt die rosenberg

[Loserin]

@press
schau mal unter www.google.de nach.
Da wird Dir geholfen.
MfG

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze Welt übertragen. Das Internet hat Nobodys zu Stars gemacht, die von eigenen Fanclubs bewundert werden.

Zum harten Kern der Tinacam-Fans gehört Timo Böttinger. Ende 1998 las er über Tina in der Zeitung und schaute sich aus Neugierde ihre Seite an. Seitdem kommt er täglich wieder und schaut, was Tina gerade so macht. "Ob sie zugenommen hat, ob sie abgenommen hat", erzählt er, "was ihr Tagebuch für Neuigkeiten verrät." Wie eine Seifenoper im Fernsehen sei das, nur eben real.

Bald infizierte Timo Bürokollegen mit seinem neuen Hobby. Vor einem Jahr gründeten sie einen Tinacam-Fanclub, der mittlerweile rund dreißig Mitglieder zählt. Besucht haben sie Tina auch schon, was für Timo ein großes Erlebnis war. Vorher habe er oft vermutet, dass niemand wirklich ein Leben vor der Webcam führen könne. Da müsse einfach viel gestellt sein. Seit dem Treffen im letzten Sommer ist er sicher: "Das ist Tina live!"

Nicht, dass Tinas Leben besonders extravagant wäre. Sie arbeitet als Versicherungskauffrau. Sie liest, sieht fern, manchmal chattet sie auch im Internet. Gerade die banalen Dinge haben im Netz jedoch gute Chancen, Aufmerksamkeit auf sich zu ziehen. Sie sprechen sich in Windeseile rum, verselbstständigen sich zum Kult Querschläger der Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie.

Cheerleader und jubelnde Fans

So geriet letztes Jahr der türkische Journalist Mahir Cagri in die Schlagzeilen, weil seine selbstgebastelte Homepage über Nacht Millionen Surfer anlockte, obwohl es dort nur ein paar unscharfe Fotos und ein wenig schlechtes Englisch zu bestaunen gab. Aber wenn tausende Mails mit der Adresse im Netz kursieren wer wird da nicht neugierig? Als Mahir im Sommer auf Kosten einer Computerfirma nach Kalifornien reiste, erwarteten ihn Cheerleader und jubelnde Fans.

Auch dem ersten Webcam-Star des Internets erging es ähnlich: Mehrere Millionen Surfer haben seit 1991 eine Seite besucht, die nichts anderes als eine Kaffeemaschine der Cambridge University zeigt. Von solchem Trash-Kult möchte sich der Tinacam-Fanclub abheben. Timo ist es ernst mit Tina. So ernst, dass sogar seine Freundin auf die Frau eifersüchtig wurde, die er da täglich im Netz beobachtet. "Was die kann, kann ich schon lange", habe sie schließlich gesagt. Jetzt hat Timos Freundin eine eigene Webcam. Er selbst kann sich ein Leben vor der Kamera nicht vorstellen.

Vor ein paar Wochen sah es plötzlich so aus, als würde das Tinacam-Projekt sterben. Tina verließ ihren Freund und suchte sich eine eigene Wohnung. Weil der Verflossene aber zugleich Webmaster der Tinacam war, erschien deren Zukunft ungewiss. Mittlerweile hat Tina einen neuen Freund gefunden, der praktischerweise ebenfalls Webmaster ist. Im Interview mit dem Fanclub musste er sich bereits auf Herz und Nieren prüfen lassen.

Dennoch meint Timo, dass Tina "noch nicht wieder die alte" sei. Die Tagebucheintragungen werden rarer, manchmal gibt es tagelang keine neuen Bilder. "Die Fans sind entsetzt", heißt es auf den Club-Webseiten. Und dass man endlich Fotos der neuen Wohnung sehen wolle.

Glaubt man Timo, haben die Fans ein Recht auf so harsche Kritik. Schließlich sei die Tinacam ein kommerzielles Projekt, da müsse sie sich um ihre Zielgruppe kümmern. Zwar werden im Gegensatz zu ähnlichen Erotik-Angeboten bei Tina keine Mitgliedsbeiträge bezahlt. Dafür lässt sie sich von Mannesmann D2 und TV Today sponsern, außerdem vermarktet Gruner & Jahr die Werbebanner der Seite.

Nicht nur an der Webcam-Betreuung wird herumgemäkelt. Wer einen Blick in das Gästebuch des Fanclubs wirft, dem wird klar: Tina führt ein öffentliches Leben, an dem viele teilhaben. So erwähnt sie in ihrem Netz-Tagebuch auch mal die eine oder andere Flasche Wein. Prompt unterstellte man ihr im Gästebuch ein Alkoholproblem. Nach der Trennung von ihrem Freund musste sie nicht lange auf den Kommentar eines anonymen Surfers warten: "Ist es nicht bemerkenswert, in welchem Tempo Frauen mir nix dir nix einfach den Freund austauschen können?"

Dennoch ist Timo davon überzeugt, dass Tina ihr Privatleben nicht komplett einbüßt. "Sie zeigt nur das von sich, was sie möchte." Darin liegt für ihn auch der Unterschied zu "Big Brother". Zwar setzt auch RTL2 auf Webcams. Die Zuschauer können im Netz 24 Stunden lang einen Blick in den Container werfen. Doch Timo findet nicht, dass man das mit Angeboten wie der Tinacam vergleichen kann: "Da werden Menschen eingesperrt. So etwas wünscht man nicht einmal Tieren."

WEBCAM-GIRLS Für 15 Minuten ein Star // "In der Zukunft wird jeder für 15 Minuten ein Star sein", glaubte Andy Warhol. Ob er dabei an Tina aus Düsseldorf und Jenni aus Washington gedacht hat?

Die 24-jährige Webdesignerin Jenni überträgt seit 1996 Bilder aus ihrem Appartment ins Internet. Seit 1999 ist die Versicherungskauffrau Tina das erste deutsche Webcam-Girl.

Jennicam www. jennicam. org Tinacam www. tinacam. de Tinas Fanclub www. tinacam-fanclub. de Big Brother Homepage www. big-brother-Haus. de.

Big Brother Fanclub www. die-gruene-katze. de


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Nuukman

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[Nuukman]

The towers of boxes of toasters are starting to collapse under their own weight. Why are they in boxes? Because we moved them all the way across the country, from Oregon to Virginia.
Why did we do that - move across the country with 100+ boxes of toasters (& 2 cats)? To find a new home for the toasters.

It was starting to seem as though they might just sit in our basement forever. We moved to Portland, Oregon from Seattle several years ago, just about the time when Portland real estate started to whip into a frenzy. We wanted to be located somewhere smaller and friendlier where we could afford to buy a house, and someplace with a university where I might be able to go back to school. To make a long story short, Portland didn`t quite measure up to our expectations - although we bought a lovely house and I managed to spend a couple years at Portland State University.

So, now we`re in Charlottesville, the "Best Small City in the South" according to Money Magazine, an incredibly friendly place with one of the top public universities in the nation - The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, whose Monticello home is just outside of town.

We`re now in the process of buying the wonderful old house pictured above. And we have big plans for the place! It`s already zoned perfectly for what we want to do - have a cafe, live there, and especially open another toaster museum. It can`t happen soon enough. It`s a sad situation having the toasters in boxes. I can almost hear them crying out to be seen. The reality of the situation is that it`s going to take awhile. The house is in pretty rough shape. There`s major work to be done and we plan to do most of it ourselves. We just don`t have the sort of budget it might take to attract the folks from This Old House to help us out. That might not stop us from putting together a proposal for them though. Just imagine....toaster display cases built by Norm Abram - wow!

We`re dreaming big, but like the Rogers & Hammerstein song Happy Talkfrom South Pacific says: "You`ve got to have a dream. If you don`t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

How can you help the dream come true?

Spread the word about the Toaster Museum Foundation and this web




Die bremer Kaffeemaschinen GmbH gehört zu Europas führenden Herstellern von professionellen Kaffeemaschinen und Heißgetränkestationen. Höchste technische Reife und Zuverlässigkeit "made in Germany" zeichnen unsere Produkte aus. Und obendrein glänzen sie durch besonders attraktives Design - sie machen in jedem Ambiente eine richtig gute Figur.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst...!

Datum: 01.03.2000
Ressort: Medien
Autor: Janko Roettgers



Kaffeemaschinen werden zu Stars
Über "Big Brother" können Webcam-Fans nur müde lächeln
Tina ist nicht allein. Drei Kameras beobachten sie jeden Tag. Beim Fernsehen, beim Bügeln und am Schreibtisch ihres Arbeitgebers: Alle fünf Minuten schießen sie ein Bild, das wenige Sekunden später auf Tinas Homepage zu bestaunen ist. Selbst wenn sie in den Urlaub fährt, ist eine Webcam mit dabei Laptop und Handy machen es möglich.

Seit rund anderthalb Jahren macht die Düsseldorferin auf diese Weise ihr Privatleben öffentlich und ist damit zu Deutschlands berühmtester Webcam-Betreiberin geworden. Bis zu 10 000 Neugierige besuchen jeden Tag ihre Homepage, weit mehr als zwei Millionen kamen bisher insgesamt. Was bei der Fernsehshow "Big Brother" als TV-Innovation gefeiert wird, ist im Internet ein eigenes Genre: Leute wie du und ich, die ihren Alltag nonstop und in Echtzeit in die ganze

[press4]

das wird deine sperrung zur folge haben

[Nuukman]

.........wenn Du dich mal wieder selbst sperren läßt, sagst Du dann wieder vorher Jedem bescheid?????

Dein Nuukman

[press4]

typisch, redet irgendwas um seine verluste bei h5 zu vergessen!

[Nuukman]

...........habe noch weiter tolle Infos für deine zukünftigen Threads.............und viiiiiiiiieeeeeeellll Zeit!!!

Nuukman


Im Fahrzeugschein ist die Achslast der Vorder- und Hinterachse vermerkt. Der Reifen sollte eine höhere Tragfähigkeit als die Achslast : 2 aufweisen (da pro Achse zwei Räder montiert sind).

Radsturz-Einfluß auf die Reifentragfähigkeit

Die Reifentragfähigkeit und die Ermittlung des Luftdruckes ist abhängig von dem Sturzwinkel. Ist der Radsturz kleiner als 2°, bleibt die maximale Reifentragfähigkeit unbeeinflußt, die sich jedoch bei einem 2° überschreitenden Radsturz reduziert.

Den Effekt, dass der Reifen mit zunehmendem Radsturz an Tragfähigkeit verliert, kann man ganz oder teilweise durch eine Erhöhung des für die entsprechende Rad- / Reifenkombination ausgewiesenen Luftdruckes kompensieren, wobei der maximale Betriebsluftdruck nicht überschritten werden darf.

[Elrond]

interessante Beiträge

[Nuukman]

#124 von jdkcypress3 11.02.02 20:38:32 Beitrag Nr.: 5.564.134 Posting versenden 5564134 H5B5 MEDIA AG O.N.

Aus gegebenen anlass werde ich dieses board nicht mehr benutzen. weder aktiv noch passiv, als stiller leser. wie ich bemerkt habe wird das die meisten leute eher freuen. mich freut es wenn es doch jemand gibt, dem nicht so ist.

falls noch jemand mit mir in kontakt treten möchte, ich bin unter [e-mail] erreichbar


Nuukman

[Elrond]

#34

so isser halt, unser Kleiner !

[Nuukman]

#39 von press4 18.02.02 13:43:33 Beitrag Nr.:5.612.475 Posting versenden 5612475 H5B5 MEDIA AG O.N.

ja denn vorher hab ich mit meinen anderen user ca. 8000 postings abgelassen schätz ich mal.. doch dann habens mich gesperrt

jdkcypress


....... Nuukman

[Nuukman]

Grundig Radio-Werk GmbH
Pascual Jordan





Als am 17. April 1945 amerikanische Truppen die zerstörten Städte Nürnberg und Fürth besetzten, erlosch jegliche öffentliche und private Initiative auf der deutschen Seite. Das war tatsächlich die »Stunde Null«.

Für den 37jährigen Kaufmann, Radiohändler und Kleinunternehmer Max Grundig dauerte diese Stunde genau einen Monat und einen Tag: Vom 18. Mai 1945 an setzte er mit Hilfe einiger treuer Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter seine kurz zuvor unterbrochene Tätigkeit unverdrossen fort. Es wurden Transformatoren gewickelt und Reparaturen ausgeführt. Die sich hieraus ergebenden Bedürfnisse führten wenig später auch zum Bau der Meßgeräte »Tubatest« und »Novatest«.

Radios für den privaten Gebrauch dagegen waren streng bewirtschaftet. Die notwendigen Bezugsscheine blieben nur einigen Privilegierten vorbehalten. Unter dem Zwang der herrschenden Verhältnisse entschloß sich Max Grundig an einem Dezembertag desselben Jahres 1945, eben kein Radio, sondern vielmehr ein »Spielzeug« zu produzieren – aus dessen Einzelteilen der mehr oder weniger begabte Bastler allerdings selbst einen leistungsfähigen Einkreis-Geradeaus-Empfänger bauen konnte. Das war wirklich Hilfe in der Not und deshalb erhielt der Empfänger den kennzeichnenden Namen »Heinzelmann«.


Röhrenradio »Heinzelmann«
Baujahr 1948
Leihgabe des Stadtarchivs Fürth
Inventar-Nr: 1994 – L 20.000
Gewicht: 4 kg

Breite Heinzelmannradio : 4,3 dm



Max Grundig (1908 –1989)
1930 Gründung eines Rundfunkeinzelhandelsgeschäfts Radio-Vertrieb Fürth, Grundig & Wurzer, ab 1934 gehörte Max Grundig die Firma allein;
ab 1938 Produktion von Kleintransformatoren;
1947 Bau der RVF Elektrotechnische Fabrik;
1948 Umbenennung in Grundig Radio-Werk GmbH, dann in Grundig-Radio-Werke;
1970 Gründung der Max Grundig-Familienstiftung, Alleininhaber der Grundig Radiowerke;
1972 Umwandlung der Grundig-Gruppe in eine AG;
1978 Gründung der Grundig-Akademie für Wirtschaft und Technik;
1984 Grundig tritt Unternehmensführung an den Hauptaktionär Philips ab.

Autor: Pascual Jordan (geb. 1931) Architekt BDA;
seit 1962 eigenes Büro in Hamburg, Bausachverständiger;
seit 1973 im Dienste der Fachhochschule Kiel;
seit 1982 Radiosammler;
seit 1994 Rektor der Muthesius-Hochschule in Kiel.
An der Entwicklung des Projektes war der frühere Lumophon-Konstrukteur Hans Eckstein beteiligt. Der Schaltplan war am 7. Juli 1946 fertiggestellt. Am 10. August desselben Jahres erfolgte die »vorläufige Betriebserlaubnis für die Herstellung von Rundfunkgeräte-Baukästen« durch die Landesstelle für Eisen und Metalle in München. Im Oktober begann man mit der Produktion und im Januar 1947 mit der Auslieferung. Von Monat zu Monat stieg die Anzahl der hergestellten Baukästen und im Jahre 1948 wurde eine Stückzahl von 39.256 erreicht.

Die Idee, behördlich errichtete Schranken auf diese Weise heimlich zu umgehen, war keineswegs ganz neu. Bevor der Verband der Funkindustrie die Lizenz zur Herstellung fertiger Radiogeräte erteilt hatte, brachte beispielsweise die Firma Saba schon 1926 Baukästen heraus, aus denen immerhin Vier-Röhren-Allwellen Empfänger gebastelt werden konnten. Auch die Lumophon-Werke, deren Begründer Hans Bruckner und Karl Stark ehemals bei TE•KA•DE tätig gewesen waren, stellten 1927 Radiobaukästen her. Max Grundig hatte eine besondere Beziehung zu Lumophon: Als er sich 1930 in Fürth selbständig gemacht hatte, verkaufte er vorrangig Geräte dieses Herstellers. Und am 16. Mai 1951 kaufte er gleich die ganze Firma für den Betrag von 1,7 Mio DM.



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[Nuukman]

Drawings

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This 3-view drawing shows that although this Super Guppy is very close in dimensions to the original Super Guppy, the shape of the fuselage and engine nacelles are completely different. The fuselage has a smoother flow more remenisent of the Pregnant Guppy.
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A system of rails in the cargo compartment is used with either Guppy pallets or fixtures designed for specific cargo. Rollers mounted in the rail allow pallets or fixtures to be moved by an electric winch mounted beneath the cargo floor. Automatic hydraulic lock pins in the rail secure the pallet for flight.

The Guppy can carry up to three 24 ft. Guppy pallets or sections, making the usable maximum pallet length 72 ft. and a floor load limit of 125 lbs/running inch (cargo rail). The cargo floor is 11 ft. above ground level and 13 ft. wide. The cargo hold has a maximum inside diameter of 25 ft. and overall length of just over 111 ft. with a constant 25 ft. diameter section 32 ft. long. The 377SGT`s absolute volume is 49,750 cubic ft. and a usable volume of 39,000 cubic ft. making this the largest of the Guppys.
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When Tracor Aviation (formerly Aero Spacelines, Inc.) was promoting the new Super Guppy`s virtues for transporting outsized cargo, this is one of the drawings they used. Almost all of the examples used in this artwork are still in use today. Notice the ease at which the cargo hold of the Guppy swallows the 15 ft. cargo which in some cases such as the DC-8 or L-100 Super Hercules, is as big around as their fuselages.
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Pictures

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The first 377SGT Super Guppy Turbine, N211AS (c/n 0001) flew on August 24, 1970. After success with the first of the 377SGTs, Aero Spacelines built a second 377SGT, N212AS (c/n 0002) and it flew exactly two years later on August 24, 1972.
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ASI originally planned to build and operate the MGT and SGT aircraft as they had the PG, SG, and MG previously. It was only after the company got into serious financial trouble that the decision was made to sell the SGT to Airbus Industrie. This photo shows the first 377SGT with a revised Aero Spacelines paint scheme taking off from Edward AFB, California for continued flight testing.
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As a part of the certification, one of the in-flight tests was both side and forward slips. To see exactly how the air flows over the fuselage and flying surfaces, tufts are commonly attached. Seen in the first picture, the air flows smoothly around the nose, with a slight deflection around the wing, as one would expect. The second and third, and fourth and fifth pictures show the difference in airflow in both forward flight and a nose right forward slip. In the last picture of the vertical stabalizer and the rudder during the slip, notice the amount of distortion on the skin. A moderate amount of flexing I would say.
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Building the SGT
Airbus committed to buy one aircraft in 1970 (delivery in 1971) with a contractural commitment for ASI to build a second SGT that would be available as back up to the first. In 1973 Airbus optioned to buy No.2. In 1978 Airbus approached ASI about building a Super Guppys No.3 and 4, with the agreement being finalized in 1979.
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Promotional brochures for the 377SGT (Guppy 201) depicted oversized cargo loads being driven through narrow Europeon city streets causing great disruption of traffic, promoting the use of the Guppys transporting Airbus A300/310 sub-assemblies from various sites in Europe for final assembly in France or Germany. In the last image, note the various factory`s locations, and the cargo the Guppy carried to the final assembly plant in Toulouse, France.
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Aero Spacelines built an entirely new fuselage to connect the existing C-97 Stratocruiser parts. The only parts taken from the C-97s and used for this generation of Guppy, were the nose section with presurized cockpit, wings using the lower section of nacelles, tail surfaces and main landing gear. The nose wheel is from a Boeing 707, rotated 180 degrees. A 23 ft. center section was inserted into the wing to give additional clearance between the tips of the propellers and the fuselage side.
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All of the third generation of Guppys (Mini Turbine and Super Turbine) used the Allison T-56 (501-D22C) Turboprops rated at 4680 ESHP. Aero Spacelines took the turboprops, cowlings, from the Lockheed Electra/P-3 Orion but used the propellers and spinners from the C-130 Hercules. The P-3`s propellers are built for speed, whereas the C-130`s are built for load carrying. The upper nacelles were constructed using turboprops from the P-3, with the upper nacelles adapting the Lockheed cowls to the existing lower nacelles and landing gear housing. Note in the photo for scale reference, the top of the door leading to the cockpit is about 5 and a half feet up from the floor and also note the man standing on the ground. The highest point inside the fuselage is 25 ft.
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By comparing the side views of both the Lockheed P-3 Orion and the 377SGT, it`s easy to see the "a little of this and a little of that" approach Aero Spacelines used in designing the Super Guppy Turbine. The engineers were smart to adopt this method of design. It ended up being a great time and money saver. When Aero Spacelines was looking at powerplants for the new Guppys, they picked the Allison T-56 Turboprop because of it`s relative abundance, and also because Lockheed had already designed a nifty cowl for the P-3. Why redesign a cowling when an abundant supply already existed?
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The T56 is the leading turboprop engine in the world, based on over 17,000 engines sold and more than 150 million accumulated flight hours. Since their initial production in 1954, the T56/501D engines have been installed in a wide variety of propeller-powered aircraft. These aerial platforms include over 2,000 Lockheed C-130 Hercules used by both United States and foreign military and some 100 plus commercial L-382 (L-100) cargo transport aircraft. Another Lockheed application is the 600 plus P-3 Orions used in anti-submarine warfare. Other T56 military platforms include Grumman`s E-2 Hawkeye, an early warning aircraft, and the C-2 COD, used for Carrier Onboard Delivery of supplies and personnel to and from ships.
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The loading system for the 377SGT was as unique as the airplane. Airbus fuselage and wing sections are strapped to custom loading dollys, which are loaded onto a custom driveable sissoring jack. The load is driven up to the opened nose of the aircraft, pushed on rollers into place inside the airplane.
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The difference between the two Super Guppys is apparent when comparing these two photos. By constructing a new fuselage, Aero Spacelines was able to increase the width of the floor from 8 ft. on the NASA Super Guppy to 13 ft. for the Super Guppy Turbine. The aluminium skin over bulkhead and stringer method of construction for all Guppys can be seen in the photo of the NASA Guppy. But for Type Certification, the FAA didn`t like the way the bare inside of the fuselage looked, so they made Aero Spacelines add a Nomex lining to the inside of the cargo hold.
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The nose locking was also refined with a hydraulic locking pin mechanism replacing the earlier bolting method. Like all Guppys, the 377SGT was equipted with 3 jacks in the fuselage; two in front of the wing as seen in the composite photo on the left and one behind the wing as shown in the picture on the right (note the steel plate used to spread the load of the rear jack). These jacks were deployed to support and steady the airplane before the joint could be unlocked and the nose opened and wheeled out of the way.
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The first 377SGT was sold to Airbus Industrie in 1971. The second was sold in 1973. The sub-assemblies for the third and fourth 377SGT were delivered in 1978 and 1979 respectively, number 3 flew in 1979 and number 4 in 1980. The four Super Guppys became a vital part of the production process for Airbus Industrie, operating a regularly scheduled route five days a week.
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Compare the length of the Airbus fuselage section to the length of the Super Guppy`s hold as it swallows the Airbus. With the low angle and the distance the photographer is from the Guppy, it looks almost as if it could be a model. Note the size of the yellow Volkwagen van in front of the loading dolly, and imagine how many of those vans would fit inside of the Guppy`s hold.
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Operating a fleet of Super Guppys is not without incident. Loading operations are rated up to a 20 knots crosswind. Airbus Industrie found out the hard way a couple of times to follow published operating procedures when a gust of wind caught the opened nose of a Super Guppy, causing it to act like a giant sail, tearing itself loose from the fuselage. This happened once in Madrid and again in Hamburg.
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Another incident happened early in SGT No.1`s career with Airbus in which the SGT ran off the runway. The nosegear, unable to hold up to the rough soft terrain, collapsed. When this happened a crewmember was ejected from the auxilary jumpseat and was seriously injured. The restraint harnesses were redesigned to prevent this type of accident in the future.
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The Type Certificate for the 377MG Mini-Guppy and the 377SGT Super Guppy Turbine was originally issued to Aero Spacelines. Aero Spacelines was then sold to Tracor, Inc. and renamed Tracor Aviation in 1981, who picked up the maintance contracts for the Guppys. Tracor also developed the hush kits for the then Douglas DC-8s and Boeing 707s. Tracor no longer built aircraft but went into the airframe modification business, installing cargo doors on aircraft, and maintaining various commercial jets including McDonnell-Douglas DC-10s, Boeing 747s and smaller business jets.

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Tracor Aviation was then sold to Lucas Aerospace and renamed Lucas Aviation. Lucas Aviation continued technical support for the Guppys until the late 1990s, when Airbus Industrie unveiled the replacement for aging fleet of Super Guppys, the A300-600ST Beluga. A "Super" Super Guppy, based on the A310 Airbus airframe. Seen in this picture is SGT No.2 with the special graphics commemerating Tracor`s 25th anniversary.
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As this nose to nose comparison shows, although the A300-600ST is longer, and carries more weight, the Super Guppy is still a sizable airplane in anybody`s book. The 377SGTs are not being retired because they`ve out-lived their usefulness, on the contrary, they`re being retired because of age and high service hours.
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Super Guppy No.1 was retired to the British Aviation Heritage in Bruntingthorpe, England in 1996. No.2 is preserved at Airbus Industrie`s final assembly plant in Toulouse, France also in 1996. No.3 as of November, 1997 is on diplay at the Airbus assembly plant in Finkenwerder, near Hamburg, Germany.
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SGT No. 1
In this picture, Super Guppy No.1 is seen at it`s final home at the British Aviation Heritage in Bruntingthorpe, England. SGT No.1 is currently undergoing restoration as time and money permits. The engines have been permanently removed. Notice the propellers lying in the grass below the wings waiting to re-mounted to the cowlings.
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SGT No.1 is seen in this picture taken March 1998 with it`s propellers reattached and looking much more dignified. While the Guppy isn`t yet open to the public, the airfield is open every Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. There are plans to turn the SGT into a museum and house smaller exibits inside, but it`s not clear at this time if this will ever come to fruitation.
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SGT No. 2
Super Guppy No.2 is seen here on display at the Airbus final assembly plant in Toulouse, France. No.2 is now owned and cared for by Ailes Anciennes Toulouse (Toulouse old wings), a not for profit group of aviation enthusists in France. Ailes Anciennes Toulouse has been perserving historical aircraft for 15 years. Although they have many aircraft in their collection, they haven`t been able to secure a building to house all of these wonderful bits of aviation history. Notice that Airbus kept the "Super Guppy" portion of the earlier Tracor Aviation 25th Anniversary special paint job.
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This picture of No.2 was taken at the "Bikini" engine test area in Toulouse, France. After Airbus decided to keep one of each of the Super Guppys in each of the main Airbus countries, the museum in Bourget was first offered No.2, which they declined. Possibly because of space considerations.

One of Ailes Anciennes Toulouse`s members was the Chief Engineer for SGT spare parts. This gentleman was able to secure No.2 for Ailes Anciennes Toulouse. When Airbus retired the Guppys, they sold all of the Allison turboprops and spare parts used to support the Guppys. This Guppy like the other three that Airbus retired, has had the engines removed and the propellers remounted for static display. A Guppy without propellers isn`t nice.
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SGT No. 3
This article appeared in the December 24, 1997-January 6, 1998 issue of Flight International. Author Allan Winn went along on Super Guppy No.3`s last flight to Finkenwerder, Germany. He wrote a fitting tribute to the aircraft that did so much for Airbus Industrie. Be warned, these images are kind of big, but well worth the reading. Enjoy!
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Over the December 14, 1997 weekend Super Guppy No.3 received a new paint job in preparation for long-term outdoor display. All polished aluminium surfaces are now painted silver for better weather protection. Without the paint the skin would have to be polished about once a year. The stripes and lettering have also been repainted and are generally the same as before.
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On the weekend of December 21, 1997 SGT No.3 was moved to it`s final destination proudly parked in front of the main entrance of the DASA factory in Finkenwerder, Germany. Getting Super Guppy into place required the permanant removal of two trees and the temporary removal of about 8 street lights. Also on display is a HFB 320 Hansa Jet and a Noratlas transport, seen here.
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SGT No. 4
On October 23, 1997 SGT No.4, now registered as N941NA, landed at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas to a hero`s welcome. 941 as the Super Guppy is called in order to ease confusion over which of NASA`s Super Guppys one is referring to, will be based out of Johnson Space Center. 941`s mission is to ferry outsize components from around the globe back to the United States in preparation for launch into orbit.

The day after landing in Houston, the Guppy was out for crew familiarization. The 941 crew put the youngest of the Super Guppys through it`s paces shooting approx. six touch and goes. During one flight a T-38 gave chase for an in-flight photo session. All reference to 941`s Airbus past has been removed, with the exception of the number 4 on the fuselage above the cockpit. Also seen in this picture is NASA`s high-altitude research vehicle, the Martin RB-57 with it`s lengthened outer wing panels.
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Inside 941
In keeping with past tradition, NASA has again looked to the Super Guppy to help insure the success of one of it`s biggest projects to date; the International Space Station. Super Guppy No.4 was acquired by NASA from the European Space Agency under an International Space Station barter agreement. ESA supplied the Guppy to offset the cost to NASA of carrying ESA experiment equipment to the station as part of two future Space Shuttle flights. NASA`s newest Guppy crew spent four weeks in France getting checked out on the Super Guppy.
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The de-icer system for the outer wing sections consists of a fuel heater in the rear of the outer engine nacelles. The inner de-icers use engine bleed air for heat. The 377SGT uses constant speed engines which run at 98-103% power ratings. Airspeed is around 200 kts at low altitudes. At higher altitudes 941 is limited to Mach 185 KIAS. Of note, the rudder and elevator surfaces are fabric covered, a technology from a bygone era. The rudder has been replaced or at least re-covered at some time during 941`s life.
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One feature that suprised many connected with 941 was the method of construction used on the fuselage, similar to the Mini Guppy seen in this picture taken during 377MG`s construction in Santa Barbara, California. The fuselage sheeting was overlapped, shingle fashion with standard or round head rivets used to attach the sheets to the bulkheads and stringers. The C-97 cockpit section and P-3 cowls still retain the flush rivets originally used. Some of the rivets have been replaced with hex head bolts at some point, though it`s not clear by whom or why.
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Some of the senior Johnson Space Center engineers who helped launch Apollo remember the original Super Guppy. Some of the improvements include a pressurized cockpit with seating for three crew and four passengers, a better air-conditioner that works down to and on the ground instead of the original`s limitation of not working below 5000 ft. The 377SG`s all manual fuselage latches were replaced with upper hydraulic latches on the 377SGTs. 941`s cockpit layout has been improved and has a better radio system. JSC engineers are seen here inspecting the drive wheel for the swing nose.
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One final note about 941 not mentioned on this page about a part, or should I say a section of the aircraft`s history. It is the 46 section of the fuselage - the aft lower part of the fuselage. In building Guppy No. 4 for Airbus Industrie, ASI found that there were no remaining B377 fuselages to cannibalize, so ASI bought the 46 section from the disassembled Pregnant Guppy and shipped it to France where it was incorporated into SGT No.4. Seen in these pictures, the section has been placed in a custom jig for a partial reskining, also note in the left picture, the workman inside the 46 section.
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Seen in the picture on the left is actually the 45 and 46 sections still joined before being prepared for shipping to Airbus. The 46 section is the part of the fuselage that incorporates the mount for the horizontal tail surfaces as pictured in the right photo. How ironic that the last Guppy built contains a part of the first Guppy built using one of the first Stratocruisers built.
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New Look for 941!
NASA Super Guppy N941NA is sporting a shiny new look to carry her crew into the next millenium! In early in December Leading Edge, a commercial aircraft painter at the old Eaker AFB at Blytheville, Arkansas tackled the challenging job of polishing and repainting NASA`s Super Guppy! Thanks to Dave Shank, we`re able to bring you this first look including the first take-off and in flight photos.
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The Crew of 941
We have added this new page to give everyone an opportunity to meet the guys who fly and maintain NASA`s Super Guppy. This page will be updated as different crew members come out, and are willing to have their pictures taken.
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The Loadmasters of 941
The Loadmasters of N941NA are responsible for the correct loading of the Super Guppy and that the cargo arrives safely at it`s destinations. Pictured above are the seven Loadmasters assigned to the Super Guppy in support of the International Space Station. They are employees of Airlift Technologies International Inc., which is on contract to NASA.
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International Space Station
We will be posting International Space Station related items on this page. Take a look at the Orange County Register`s coverage of 941`s last couple of trips to Southern California. The most recent article was published June 9, 1999.
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N941 is seen here just after take off on Thursday June 10, 1999 from Los Alamitos Army Airfield carrying the S-0. This is commonly referred to as the heart of the International Space Station. The crew is taking the S-0 to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for testing.
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NASA`s Super Guppy makes the cover of the Ocotber, 2000 issue of FLYING magazine! N941 was one of the star attractions at the 2000 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 26 - August 1. In the last image, the Guppy is seen on the tarmac.
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Movies

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QuickTimeVRs
Take a look inside the Super Guppy! The QuickTimeVR on the left is a 360 degree panorama which was created from pictures taken on October 28, 1998 from the cargo deck of the Super Guppy during NASA`s loading operation of the second test article for the International Space Station Project at Los Alamitos Army Airfield, California. Among the interesting things to see in the background are the cranes used to load the cargo onto the loading dolley; a couple of "Medfly Bombers", so called because of their mission dropping frozen Medflies throughout California and a C-123 Provider.
(849K QuickTimeVR Panorama)

Then take a walk around the Super Guppy and see the her new paint scheme! These pictures were taken on 941`s first trip to Los Alamitos Army Airfield, California after the NASA crew picked up the Guppy from Leading Edge in Blytheville, Arkansas. We met up with the crew when they arrived at Los Al on Friday January 22 and took the pictures used to create this VR movie the next day. As always, the guys on the crew were very helpful and accommodating.
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We would like extend a special note of appreciation to the crew of 941 for allowing us the opportunity to take these images we`re sharing with you. Thanks guys!

You will need the QuickTime and QuickTimeVR plug-ins to view these movies. Users of Netscape 3.0 or later have the QuickTime plug-in built in to their browsers, but you will still need to get the QTVR plug-in. Get the plug-in for QuickTimeVR by linking here.

Once the Movie is loaded, use your mouse to click and drag either left or right. For the Panorama, use your "Shift" and "Control" keys to zoom in and out also, but not necessarily at the same time. If after loading the Panorama you only see a playbar, you don`t have the correct VR plug-in loaded. Go to the above link to Apple and get a copy of QuickTime3 and install it. Then the Movie should play okay.

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RealPlayer
In this RealVideo of the Orange County News (OCN), coverage of the Super Guppy arrival at Los Alamitos Army Airfield bringing an International Space Station component to Boeing in Huntington Beach, California. In this news spot the Guppy is seen sporting a new paint job. Especially interesting is the smooth nose wheel first landing, nose opening and unloading operations.

PC Users, Right click here then select `Save Link As...` to download and save RealVideo file.
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Listen to this streaming RealAudio interview with NASA pilots Frank Marlow and Triple Nickel as they talk about flying the Super Guppy, courtesy of the Orange County Register.

To enjoy either of these streaming media, you will need to install RealPlayer. To get a free copy of RealPlayer here.

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Videos
This video was shot on June 10, 1999 at Los Alamitos Army Airfield showing NASA 941 during take off with the S-0. The S-0 is the 44 foot center section of the International Space Station`s 356 foot frame or truss.
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In this video we see the prototype 377SGT (Guppy 201) N211AS undergoing flight testing at Edwards AFB, California. The success of Aero Spacelines and it`s Guppys attracted the attention of other firms. In July 1965 Aero Spacelines was acquired by Unexcelled Chemical Corporation with Aero Spacelines still operating as an independant subsidiary. The new organization not only intended to continue the Super Guppy line of aircraft, it announced it`s intention to build a small fleet of outsize transports.

The British Aviation Heritage in Bruntingthorpe, England is the final home for Super Guppy No.1. It was retired in 1996 when the first of the A300-600ST Belugas became available to replace the valued but aging Guppys.
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Note in this video clip the skill of the pilot landing the airplane, there must be a stiff cross wind judging from the amount of side-slip needed to hold the airplane on course. But considering the generous side area of these aircraft, it wouldn`t take too high of a crosswind to be a handfull.
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Link here for Mac users having problems viewing movies. Use the Indeo Video 3.2 for Mac that installs Indeo version 3.22.24.09 for Mac 6.0.7 or later with QuickTime.

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Drawings

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This 3-view drawing shows that although this Super Guppy is very close in dimensions to the original Super Guppy, the shape of the fuselage and engine nacelles are completely different. The fuselage has a smoother flow more remenisent of the Pregnant Guppy.
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A system of rails in the cargo compartment is used with either Guppy pallets or fixtures designed for specific cargo. Rollers mounted in the rail allow pallets or fixtures to be moved by an electric winch mounted beneath the cargo floor. Automatic hydraulic lock pins in the rail secure the pallet for flight.

The Guppy can carry up to three 24 ft. Guppy pallets or sections, making the usable maximum pallet length 72 ft. and a floor load limit of 125 lbs/running inch (cargo rail). The cargo floor is 11 ft. above ground level and 13 ft. wide. The cargo hold has a maximum inside diameter of 25 ft. and overall length of just over 111 ft. with a constant 25 ft. diameter section 32 ft. long. The 377SGT`s absolute volume is 49,750 cubic ft. and a usable volume of 39,000 cubic ft. making this the largest of the Guppys.
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When Tracor Aviation (formerly Aero Spacelines, Inc.) was promoting the new Super Guppy`s virtues for transporting outsized cargo, this is one of the drawings they used. Almost all of the examples used in this artwork are still in use today. Notice the ease at which the cargo hold of the Guppy swallows the 15 ft. cargo which in some cases such as the DC-8 or L-100 Super Hercules, is as big around as their fuselages.
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Pictures

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The first 377SGT Super Guppy Turbine, N211AS (c/n 0001) flew on August 24, 1970. After success with the first of the 377SGTs, Aero Spacelines built a second 377SGT, N212AS (c/n 0002) and it flew exactly two years later on August 24, 1972.
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ASI originally planned to build and operate the MGT and SGT aircraft as they had the PG, SG, and MG previously. It was only after the company got into serious financial trouble that the decision was made to sell the SGT to Airbus Industrie. This photo shows the first 377SGT with a revised Aero Spacelines paint scheme taking off from Edward AFB, California for continued flight testing.
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As a part of the certification, one of the in-flight tests was both side and forward slips. To see exactly how the air flows over the fuselage and flying surfaces, tufts are commonly attached. Seen in the first picture, the air flows smoothly around the nose, with a slight deflection around the wing, as one would expect. The second and third, and fourth and fifth pictures show the difference in airflow in both forward flight and a nose right forward slip. In the last picture of the vertical stabalizer and the rudder during the slip, notice the amount of distortion on the skin. A moderate amount of flexing I would say.
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Building the SGT
Airbus committed to buy one aircraft in 1970 (delivery in 1971) with a contractural commitment for ASI to build a second SGT that would be available as back up to the first. In 1973 Airbus optioned to buy No.2. In 1978 Airbus approached ASI about building a Super Guppys No.3 and 4, with the agreement being finalized in 1979.
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Promotional brochures for the 377SGT (Guppy 201) depicted oversized cargo loads being driven through narrow Europeon city streets causing great disruption of traffic, promoting the use of the Guppys transporting Airbus A300/310 sub-assemblies from various sites in Europe for final assembly in France or Germany. In the last image, note the various factory`s locations, and the cargo the Guppy carried to the final assembly plant in Toulouse, France.
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Aero Spacelines built an entirely new fuselage to connect the existing C-97 Stratocruiser parts. The only parts taken from the C-97s and used for this generation of Guppy, were the nose section with presurized cockpit, wings using the lower section of nacelles, tail surfaces and main landing gear. The nose wheel is from a Boeing 707, rotated 180 degrees. A 23 ft. center section was inserted into the wing to give additional clearance between the tips of the propellers and the fuselage side.
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All of the third generation of Guppys (Mini Turbine and Super Turbine) used the Allison T-56 (501-D22C) Turboprops rated at 4680 ESHP. Aero Spacelines took the turboprops, cowlings, from the Lockheed Electra/P-3 Orion but used the propellers and spinners from the C-130 Hercules. The P-3`s propellers are built for speed, whereas the C-130`s are built for load carrying. The upper nacelles were constructed using turboprops from the P-3, with the upper nacelles adapting the Lockheed cowls to the existing lower nacelles and landing gear housing. Note in the photo for scale reference, the top of the door leading to the cockpit is about 5 and a half feet up from the floor and also note the man standing on the ground. The highest point inside the fuselage is 25 ft.
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By comparing the side views of both the Lockheed P-3 Orion and the 377SGT, it`s easy to see the "a little of this and a little of that" approach Aero Spacelines used in designing the Super Guppy Turbine. The engineers were smart to adopt this method of design. It ended up being a great time and money saver. When Aero Spacelines was looking at powerplants for the new Guppys, they picked the Allison T-56 Turboprop because of it`s relative abundance, and also because Lockheed had already designed a nifty cowl for the P-3. Why redesign a cowling when an abundant supply already existed?
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The T56 is the leading turboprop engine in the world, based on over 17,000 engines sold and more than 150 million accumulated flight hours. Since their initial production in 1954, the T56/501D engines have been installed in a wide variety of propeller-powered aircraft. These aerial platforms include over 2,000 Lockheed C-130 Hercules used by both United States and foreign military and some 100 plus commercial L-382 (L-100) cargo transport aircraft. Another Lockheed application is the 600 plus P-3 Orions used in anti-submarine warfare. Other T56 military platforms include Grumman`s E-2 Hawkeye, an early warning aircraft, and the C-2 COD%

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Drawings

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This 3-view drawing shows that although this Super Guppy is very close in dimensions to the original Super Guppy, the shape of the fuselage and engine nacelles are completely different. The fuselage has a smoother flow more remenisent of the Pregnant Guppy.
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A system of rails in the cargo compartment is used with either Guppy pallets or fixtures designed for specific cargo. Rollers mounted in the rail allow pallets or fixtures to be moved by an electric winch mounted beneath the cargo floor. Automatic hydraulic lock pins in the rail secure the pallet for flight.

The Guppy can carry up to three 24 ft. Guppy pallets or sections, making the usable maximum pallet length 72 ft. and a floor load limit of 125 lbs/running inch (cargo rail). The cargo floor is 11 ft. above ground level and 13 ft. wide. The cargo hold has a maximum inside diameter of 25 ft. and overall length of just over 111 ft. with a constant 25 ft. diameter section 32 ft. long. The 377SGT`s absolute volume is 49,750 cubic ft. and a usable volume of 39,000 cubic ft. making this the largest of the Guppys.
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When Tracor Aviation (formerly Aero Spacelines, Inc.) was promoting the new Super Guppy`s virtues for transporting outsized cargo, this is one of the drawings they used. Almost all of the examples used in this artwork are still in use today. Notice the ease at which the cargo hold of the Guppy swallows the 15 ft. cargo which in some cases such as the DC-8 or L-100 Super Hercules, is as big around as their fuselages.
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Pictures

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The first 377SGT Super Guppy Turbine, N211AS (c/n 0001) flew on August 24, 1970. After success with the first of the 377SGTs, Aero Spacelines built a second 377SGT, N212AS (c/n 0002) and it flew exactly two years later on August 24, 1972.
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ASI originally planned to build and operate the MGT and SGT aircraft as they had the PG, SG, and MG previously. It was only after the company got into serious financial trouble that the decision was made to sell the SGT to Airbus Industrie. This photo shows the first 377SGT with a revised Aero Spacelines paint scheme taking off from Edward AFB, California for continued flight testing.
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As a part of the certification, one of the in-flight tests was both side and forward slips. To see exactly how the air flows over the fuselage and flying surfaces, tufts are commonly attached. Seen in the first picture, the air flows smoothly around the nose, with a slight deflection around the wing, as one would expect. The second and third, and fourth and fifth pictures show the difference in airflow in both forward flight and a nose right forward slip. In the last picture of the vertical stabalizer and the rudder during the slip, notice the amount of distortion on the skin. A moderate amount of flexing I would say.
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Building the SGT
Airbus committed to buy one aircraft in 1970 (delivery in 1971) with a contractural commitment for ASI to build a second SGT that would be available as back up to the first. In 1973 Airbus optioned to buy No.2. In 1978 Airbus approached ASI about building a Super Guppys No.3 and 4, with the agreement being finalized in 1979.
(Click on the thumbnail to go to "Building the SGT")

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Promotional brochures for the 377SGT (Guppy 201) depicted oversized cargo loads being driven through narrow Europeon city streets causing great disruption of traffic, promoting the use of the Guppys transporting Airbus A300/310 sub-assemblies from various sites in Europe for final assembly in France or Germany. In the last image, note the various factory`s locations, and the cargo the Guppy carried to the final assembly plant in Toulouse, France.
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Aero Spacelines built an entirely new fuselage to connect the existing C-97 Stratocruiser parts. The only parts taken from the C-97s and used for this generation of Guppy, were the nose section with presurized cockpit, wings using the lower section of nacelles, tail surfaces and main landing gear. The nose wheel is from a Boeing 707, rotated 180 degrees. A 23 ft. center section was inserted into the wing to give additional clearance between the tips of the propellers and the fuselage side.
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All of the third generation of Guppys (Mini Turbine and Super Turbine) used the Allison T-56 (501-D22C) Turboprops rated at 4680 ESHP. Aero Spacelines took the turboprops, cowlings, from the Lockheed Electra/P-3 Orion but used the propellers and spinners from the C-130 Hercules. The P-3`s propellers are built for speed, whereas the C-130`s are built for load carrying. The upper nacelles were constructed using turboprops from the P-3, with the upper nacelles adapting the Lockheed cowls to the existing lower nacelles and landing gear housing. Note in the photo for scale reference, the top of the door leading to the cockpit is about 5 and a half feet up from the floor and also note the man standing on the ground. The highest point inside the fuselage is 25 ft.
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By comparing the side views of both the Lockheed P-3 Orion and the 377SGT, it`s easy to see the "a little of this and a little of that" approach Aero Spacelines used in designing the Super Guppy Turbine. The engineers were smart to adopt this method of design. It ended up being a great time and money saver. When Aero Spacelines was looking at powerplants for the new Guppys, they picked the Allison T-56 Turboprop because of it`s relative abundance, and also because Lockheed had already designed a nifty cowl for the P-3. Why redesign a cowling when an abundant supply already existed?
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The T56 is the leading turboprop engine in the world, based on over 17,000 engines sold and more than 150 million accumulated flight hours. Since their initial production in 1954, the T56/501D engines have been installed in a wide variety of propeller-powered aircraft. These aerial platforms include over 2,000 Lockheed C-130 Hercules used by both United States and foreign military and some 100 plus commercial L-382 (L-100) cargo transport aircraft. Another Lockheed application is the 600 plus P-3 Orions used in anti-submarine warfare. Other T56 military platforms include Grumman`s E-2 Hawkeye, an early warning aircraft, and the C-2 COD, used for Carrier Onboard Delivery of supplies and personnel to and from ships.
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The loading system for the 377SGT was as unique as the airplane. Airbus fuselage and wing sections are strapped to custom loading dollys, which are loaded onto a custom driveable sissoring jack. The load is driven up to the opened nose of the aircraft, pushed on rollers into place inside the airplane.
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The difference between the two Super Guppys is apparent when comparing these two photos. By constructing a new fuselage, Aero Spacelines was able to increase the width of the floor from 8 ft. on the NASA Super Guppy to 13 ft. for the Super Guppy Turbine. The aluminium skin over bulkhead and stringer method of construction for all Guppys can be seen in the photo of the NASA Guppy. But for Type Certification, the FAA didn`t like the way the bare inside of the fuselage looked, so they made Aero Spacelines add a Nomex lining to the inside of the cargo hold.
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The nose locking was also refined with a hydraulic locking pin mechanism replacing the earlier bolting method. Like all Guppys, the 377SGT was equipted with 3 jacks in the fuselage; two in front of the wing as seen in the composite photo on the left and one behind the wing as shown in the picture on the right (note the steel plate used to spread the load of the rear jack). These jacks were deployed to support and steady the airplane before the joint could be unlocked and the nose opened and wheeled out of the way.
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The first 377SGT was sold to Airbus Industrie in 1971. The second was sold in 1973. The sub-assemblies for the third and fourth 377SGT were delivered in 1978 and 1979 respectively, number 3 flew in 1979 and number 4 in 1980. The four Super Guppys became a vital part of the production process for Airbus Industrie, operating a regularly scheduled route five days a week.
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Compare the length of the Airbus fuselage section to the length of the Super Guppy`s hold as it swallows the Airbus. With the low angle and the distance the photographer is from the Guppy, it looks almost as if it could be a model. Note the size of the yellow Volkwagen van in front of the loading dolly, and imagine how many of those vans would fit inside of the Guppy`s hold.
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Operating a fleet of Super Guppys is not without incident. Loading operations are rated up to a 20 knots crosswind. Airbus Industrie found out the hard way a couple of times to follow published operating procedures when a gust of wind caught the opened nose of a Super Guppy, causing it to act like a giant sail, tearing itself loose from the fuselage. This happened once in Madrid and again in Hamburg.
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Another incident happened early in SGT No.1`s career with Airbus in which the SGT ran off the runway. The nosegear, unable to hold up to the rough soft terrain, collapsed. When this happened a crewmember was ejected from the auxilary jumpseat and was seriously injured. The restraint harnesses were redesigned to prevent this type of accident in the future.
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Drawings

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This 3-view drawing shows that although this Super Guppy is very close in dimensions to the original Super Guppy, the shape of the fuselage and engine nacelles are completely different. The fuselage has a smoother flow more remenisent of the Pregnant Guppy.
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A system of rails in the cargo compartment is used with either Guppy pallets or fixtures designed for specific cargo. Rollers mounted in the rail allow pallets or fixtures to be moved by an electric winch mounted beneath the cargo floor. Automatic hydraulic lock pins in the rail secure the pallet for flight.

The Guppy can carry up to three 24 ft. Guppy pallets or sections, making the usable maximum pallet length 72 ft. and a floor load limit of 125 lbs/running inch (cargo rail). The cargo floor is 11 ft. above ground level and 13 ft. wide. The cargo hold has a maximum inside diameter of 25 ft. and overall length of just over 111 ft. with a constant 25 ft. diameter section 32 ft. long. The 377SGT`s absolute volume is 49,750 cubic ft. and a usable volume of 39,000 cubic ft. making this the largest of the Guppys.
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When Tracor Aviation (formerly Aero Spacelines, Inc.) was promoting the new Super Guppy`s virtues for transporting outsized cargo, this is one of the drawings they used. Almost all of the examples used in this artwork are still in use today. Notice the ease at which the cargo hold of the Guppy swallows the 15 ft. cargo which in some cases such as the DC-8 or L-100 Super Hercules, is as big around as their fuselages.
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Pictures

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The first 377SGT Super Guppy Turbine, N211AS (c/n 0001) flew on August 24, 1970. After success with the first of the 377SGTs, Aero Spacelines built a second 377SGT, N212AS (c/n 0002) and it flew exactly two years later on August 24, 1972.
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ASI originally planned to build and operate the MGT and SGT aircraft as they had the PG, SG, and MG previously. It was only after the company got into serious financial trouble that the decision was made to sell the SGT to Airbus Industrie. This photo shows the first 377SGT with a revised Aero Spacelines paint scheme taking off from Edward AFB, California for continued flight testing.
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As a part of the certification, one of the in-flight tests was both side and forward slips. To see exactly how the air flows over the fuselage and flying surfaces, tufts are commonly attached. Seen in the first picture, the air flows smoothly around the nose, with a slight deflection around the wing, as one would expect. The second and third, and fourth and fifth pictures show the difference in airflow in both forward flight and a nose right forward slip. In the last picture of the vertical stabalizer and the rudder during the slip, notice the amount of distortion on the skin. A moderate amount of flexing I would say.
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Building the SGT
Airbus committed to buy one aircraft in 1970 (delivery in 1971) with a contractural commitment for ASI to build a second SGT that would be available as back up to the first. In 1973 Airbus optioned to buy No.2. In 1978 Airbus approached ASI about building a Super Guppys No.3 and 4, with the agreement being finalized in 1979.
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Promotional brochures for the 377SGT (Guppy 201) depicted oversized cargo loads being driven through narrow Europeon city streets causing great disruption of traffic, promoting the use of the Guppys transporting Airbus A300/310 sub-assemblies from various sites in Europe for final assembly in France or Germany. In the last image, note the various factory`s locations, and the cargo the Guppy carried to the final assembly plant in Toulouse, France.
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Aero Spacelines built an entirely new fuselage to connect the existing C-97 Stratocruiser parts. The only parts taken from the C-97s and used for this generation of Guppy, were the nose section with presurized cockpit, wings using the lower section of nacelles, tail surfaces and main landing gear. The nose wheel is from a Boeing 707, rotated 180 degrees. A 23 ft. center section was inserted into the wing to give additional clearance between the tips of the propellers and the fuselage side.
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All of the third generation of Guppys (Mini Turbine and Super Turbine) used the Allison T-56 (501-D22C) Turboprops rated at 4680 ESHP. Aero Spacelines took the turboprops, cowlings, from the Lockheed Electra/P-3 Orion but used the propellers and spinners from the C-130 Hercules. The P-3`s propellers are built for speed, whereas the C-130`s are built for load carrying. The upper nacelles were constructed using turboprops from the P-3, with the upper nacelles adapting the Lockheed cowls to the existing lower nacelles and landing gear housing. Note in the photo for scale reference, the top of the door leading to the cockpit is about 5 and a half feet up from the floor and also note the man standing on the ground. The highest point inside the fuselage is 25 ft.
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By comparing the side views of both the Lockheed P-3 Orion and the 377SGT, it`s easy to see the "a little of this and a little of that" approach Aero Spacelines used in designing the Super Guppy Turbine. The engineers were smart to adopt this method of design. It ended up being a great time and money saver. When Aero Spacelines was looking at powerplants for the new Guppys, they picked the Allison T-56 Turboprop because of it`s relative abundance, and also because Lockheed had already designed a nifty cowl for the P-3. Why redesign a cowling when an abundant supply already existed?
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The T56 is the leading turboprop engine in the world, based on over 17,000 engines sold and more than 150 million accumulated flight hours. Since their initial production in 1954, the T56/501D engines have been installed in a wide variety of propeller-powered aircraft. These aerial platforms include over 2,000 Lockheed C-130 Hercules used by both United States and foreign military and some 100 plus commercial L-382 (L-100) cargo transport aircraft. Another Lockheed application is the 600 plus P-3 Orions used in anti-submarine warfare. Other T56 military platforms include Grumman`s E-2 Hawkeye, an early warning aircraft, and the C-2 COD, used for Carrier Onboard Delivery of supplies and personnel to and from ships.
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The loading system for the 377SGT was as unique as the airplane. Airbus fuselage and wing sections are strapped to custom loading dollys, which are loaded onto a custom driveable sissoring jack. The load is driven up to the opened nose of the aircraft, pushed on rollers into place inside the airplane.
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The difference between the two Super Guppys is apparent when comparing these two photos. By constructing a new fuselage, Aero Spacelines was able to increase the width of the floor from 8 ft. on the NASA Super Guppy to 13 ft. for the Super Guppy Turbine. The aluminium skin over bulkhead and stringer method of construction for all Guppys can be seen in the photo of the NASA Guppy. But for Type Certification, the FAA didn`t like the way the bare inside of the fuselage looked, so they made Aero Spacelines add a Nomex lining to the inside of the cargo hold.
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The nose locking was also refined with a hydraulic locking pin mechanism replacing the earlier bolting method. Like all Guppys, the 377SGT was equipted with 3 jacks in the fuselage; two in front of the wing as seen in the composite photo on the left and one behind the wing as shown in the picture on the right (note the steel plate used to spread the load of the rear jack). These jacks were deployed to support and steady the airplane before the joint could be unlocked and the nose opened and wheeled out of the way.
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The first 377SGT was sold to Airbus Industrie in 1971. The second was sold in 1973. The sub-assemblies for the third and fourth 377SGT were delivered in 1978 and 1979 respectively, number 3 flew in 1979 and number 4 in 1980. The four Super Guppys became a vital part of the production process for Airbus Industrie, operating a regularly scheduled route five days a week.
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Compare the length of the Airbus fuselage section to the length of the Super Guppy`s hold as it swallows the Airbus. With the low angle and the distance the photographer is from the Guppy, it looks almost as if it could be a model. Note the size of the yellow Volkwagen van in front of the loading dolly, and imagine how many of those vans would fit inside of the Guppy`s hold.
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Operating a fleet of Super Guppys is not without incident. Loading operations are rated up to a 20 knots crosswind. Airbus Industrie found out the hard way a couple of times to follow published operating procedures when a gust of wind caught the opened nose of a Super Guppy, causing it to act like a giant sail, tearing itself loose from the fuselage. This happened once in Madrid and again in Hamburg.
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Another incident happened early in SGT No.1`s career with Airbus in which the SGT ran off the runway. The nosegear, unable to hold up to the rough soft terrain, collapsed. When this happened a crewmember was ejected from the auxilary jumpseat and was seriously injured. The restraint harnesses were redesigned to prevent this type of accident in the future.
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The Type Certificate for the 377MG Mini-Guppy and the 377SGT Super Guppy Turbine was originally issued to Aero Spacelines. Aero Spacelines was then sold to Tracor, Inc. and renamed Tracor Aviation in 1981, who picked up the maintance contracts for the Guppys. Tracor also developed the hush kits for the then Douglas DC-8s and Boeing 707s. Tracor no longer built aircraft but went into the airframe modification business, installing cargo doors on aircraft, and maintaining various commercial jets including McDonnell-Douglas DC-10s, Boeing 747s and smaller business jets.

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Tracor Aviation was then sold to Lucas Aerospace and renamed Lucas Aviation. Lucas Aviation continued technical support for the Guppys until the late 1990s, when Airbus Industrie unveiled the replacement for aging fleet of Super Guppys, the A300-600ST Beluga. A "Super" Super Guppy, based on the A310 Airbus airframe. Seen in this picture is SGT No.2 with the special graphics commemerating Tracor`s 25th anniversary.
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As this nose to nose comparison shows, although the A300-600ST is longer, and carries more weight, the Super Guppy is still a sizable airplane in anybody`s book. The 377SGTs are not being retired because they`ve out-lived their usefulness, on the contrary, they`re being retired because of age and high service hours.
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Super Guppy No.1 was retired to the British Aviation Heritage in Bruntingthorpe, England in 1996. No.2 is preserved at Airbus Industrie`s final assembly plant in Toulouse, France also in 1996. No.3 as of November, 1997 is on diplay at the Airbus assembly plant in Finkenwerder, near Hamburg, Germany.
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SGT No. 1
In this picture, Super Guppy No.1 is seen at it`s final home at the British Aviation Heritage in Bruntingthorpe, England. SGT No.1 is currently undergoing restoration as time and money permits. The engines have been permanently removed. Notice the propellers lying in the grass below the wings waiting to re-mounted to the cowlings.
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SGT No.1 is seen in this picture taken March 1998 with it`s propellers reattached and looking much more dignified. While the Guppy isn`t yet open to the public, the airfield is open every Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. There are plans to turn the SGT into a museum and house smaller exibits inside, but it`s not clear at this time if this will ever come to fruitation.
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SGT No. 2
Super Guppy No.2 is seen here on display at the Airbus final assembly plant in Toulouse, France. No.2 is now owned and cared for by Ailes Anciennes Toulouse (Toulouse old wings), a not for profit group of aviation enthusists in France. Ailes Anciennes Toulouse has been perserving historical aircraft for 15 years. Although they have many aircraft in their collection, they haven`t been able to secure a building to house all of these wonderful bits of aviation history. Notice that Airbus kept the "Super Guppy" portion of the earlier Tracor Aviation 25th Anniversary special paint job.
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This picture of No.2 was taken at the "Bikini" engine test area in Toulouse, France. After Airbus decided to keep o

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This 3-view drawing shows that although this Super Guppy is very close in dimensions to the original Super Guppy, the shape of the fuselage and engine nacelles are completely different. The fuselage has a smoother flow more remenisent of the Pregnant Guppy.
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A system of rails in the cargo compartment is used with either Guppy pallets or fixtures designed for specific cargo. Rollers mounted in the rail allow pallets or fixtures to be moved by an electric winch mounted beneath the cargo floor. Automatic hydraulic lock pins in the rail secure the pallet for flight.

The Guppy can carry up to three 24 ft. Guppy pallets or sections, making the usable maximum pallet length 72 ft. and a floor load limit of 125 lbs/running inch (cargo rail). The cargo floor is 11 ft. above ground level and 13 ft. wide. The cargo hold has a maximum inside diameter of 25 ft. and overall length of just over 111 ft. with a constant 25 ft. diameter section 32 ft. long. The 377SGT`s absolute volume is 49,750 cubic ft. and a usable volume of 39,000 cubic ft. making this the largest of the Guppys.
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When Tracor Aviation (formerly Aero Spacelines, Inc.) was promoting the new Super Guppy`s virtues for transporting outsized cargo, this is one of the drawings they used. Almost all of the examples used in this artwork are still in use today. Notice the ease at which the cargo hold of the Guppy swallows the 15 ft. cargo which in some cases such as the DC-8 or L-100 Super Hercules, is as big around as their fuselages.
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The first 377SGT Super Guppy Turbine, N211AS (c/n 0001) flew on August 24, 1970. After success with the first of the 377SGTs, Aero Spacelines built a second 377SGT, N212AS (c/n 0002) and it flew exactly two years later on August 24, 1972.
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ASI originally planned to build and operate the MGT and SGT aircraft as they had the PG, SG, and MG previously. It was only after the company got into serious financial trouble that the decision was made to sell the SGT to Airbus Industrie. This photo shows the first 377SGT with a revised Aero Spacelines paint scheme taking off from Edward AFB, California for continued flight testing.
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As a part of the certification, one of the in-flight tests was both side and forward slips. To see exactly how the air flows over the fuselage and flying surfaces, tufts are commonly attached. Seen in the first picture, the air flows smoothly around the nose, with a slight deflection around the wing, as one would expect. The second and third, and fourth and fifth pictures show the difference in airflow in both forward flight and a nose right forward slip. In the last picture of the vertical stabalizer and the rudder during the slip, notice the amount of distortion on the skin. A moderate amount of flexing I would say.
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Building the SGT
Airbus committed to buy one aircraft in 1970 (delivery in 1971) with a contractural commitment for ASI to build a second SGT that would be available as back up to the first. In 1973 Airbus optioned to buy No.2. In 1978 Airbus approached ASI about building a Super Guppys No.3 and 4, with the agreement being finalized in 1979.
(Click on the thumbnail to go to "Building the SGT")

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Promotional brochures for the 377SGT (Guppy 201) depicted oversized cargo loads being driven through narrow Europeon city streets causing great disruption of traffic, promoting the use of the Guppys transporting Airbus A300/310 sub-assemblies from various sites in Europe for final assembly in France or Germany. In the last image, note the various factory`s locations, and the cargo the Guppy carried to the final assembly plant in Toulouse, France.
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Aero Spacelines built an entirely new fuselage to connect the existing C-97 Stratocruiser parts. The only parts taken from the C-97s and used for this generation of Guppy, were the nose section with presurized cockpit, wings using the lower section of nacelles, tail surfaces and main landing gear. The nose wheel is from a Boeing 707, rotated 180 degrees. A 23 ft. center section was inserted into the wing to give additional clearance between the tips of the propellers and the fuselage side.
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All of the third generation of Guppys (Mini Turbine and Super Turbine) used the Allison T-56 (501-D22C) Turboprops rated at 4680 ESHP. Aero Spacelines took the turboprops, cowlings, from the Lockheed Electra/P-3 Orion but used the propellers and spinners from the C-130 Hercules. The P-3`s propellers are built for speed, whereas the C-130`s are built for load carrying. The upper nacelles were constructed using turboprops from the P-3, with the upper nacelles adapting the Lockheed cowls to the existing lower nacelles and landing gear housing. Note in the photo for scale reference, the top of the door leading to the cockpit is about 5 and a half feet up from the floor and also note the man standing on the ground. The highest point inside the fuselage is 25 ft.
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By comparing the side views of both the Lockheed P-3 Orion and the 377SGT, it`s easy to see the "a little of this and a little of that" approach Aero Spacelines used in designing the Super Guppy Turbine. The engineers were smart to adopt this method of design. It ended up being a great time and money saver. When Aero Spacelines was looking at powerplants for the new Guppys, they picked the Allison T-56 Turboprop because of it`s relative abundance, and also because Lockheed had already designed a nifty cowl for the P-3. Why redesign a cowling when an abundant supply already existed?
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The T56 is the leading turboprop engine in the world, based on over 17,000 engines sold and more than 150 million accumulated flight hours. Since their initial production in 1954, the T56/501D engines have been installed in a wide variety of propeller-powered aircraft. These aerial platforms include over 2,000 Lockheed C-130 Hercules used by both United States and foreign military and some 100 plus commercial L-382 (L-100) cargo transport aircraft. Another Lockheed application is the 600 plus P-3 Orions used in anti-submarine warfare. Other T56 military platforms include Grumman`s E-2 Hawkeye, an early warning aircraft, and the C-2 COD, used for Carrier Onboard Delivery of supplies and personnel to and from ships.
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The loading system for the 377SGT was as unique as the airplane. Airbus fuselage and wing sections are strapped to custom loading dollys, which are loaded onto a custom driveable sissoring jack. The load is driven up to the opened nose of the aircraft, pushed on rollers into place inside the airplane.
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The difference between the two Super Guppys is apparent when comparing these two photos. By constructing a new fuselage, Aero Spacelines was able to increase the width of the floor from 8 ft. on the NASA Super Guppy to 13 ft. for the Super Guppy Turbine. The aluminium skin over bulkhead and stringer method of construction for all Guppys can be seen in the photo of the NASA Guppy. But for Type Certification, the FAA didn`t like the way the bare inside of the fuselage looked, so they made Aero Spacelines add a Nomex lining to the inside of the cargo hold.
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The nose locking was also refined with a hydraulic locking pin mechanism replacing the earlier bolting method. Like all Guppys, the 377SGT was equipted with 3 jacks in the fuselage; two in front of the wing as seen in the composite photo on the left and one behind the wing as shown in the picture on the right (note the steel plate used to spread the load of the rear jack). These jacks were deployed to support and steady the airplane before the joint could be unlocked and the nose opened and wheeled out of the way.
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The first 377SGT was sold to Airbus Industrie in 1971. The second was sold in 1973. The sub-assemblies for the third and fourth 377SGT were delivered in 1978 and 1979 respectively, number 3 flew in 1979 and number 4 in 1980. The four Super Guppys became a vital part of the production process for Airbus Industrie, operating a regularly scheduled route five days a week.
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Compare the length of the Airbus fuselage section to the length of the Super Guppy`s hold as it swallows the Airbus. With the low angle and the distance the photographer is from the Guppy, it looks almost as if it could be a model. Note the size of the yellow Volkwagen van in front of the loading dolly, and imagine how many of those vans would fit inside of the Guppy`s hold.
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Operating a fleet of Super Guppys is not without incident. Loading operations are rated up to a 20 knots crosswind. Airbus Industrie found out the hard way a couple of times to follow published operating procedures when a gust of wind caught the opened nose of a Super Guppy, causing it to act like a giant sail, tearing itself loose from the fuselage. This happened once in Madrid and again in Hamburg.
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Another incident happened early in SGT No.1`s career with Airbus in which the SGT ran off the runway. The nosegear, unable to hold up to the rough soft terrain, collapsed. When this happened a crewmember was ejected from the auxilary jumpseat and was seriously injured. The restraint harnesses were redesigned to prevent this type of accident in the future.
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The Type Certificate for the 377MG Mini-Guppy and the 377SGT Super Guppy Turbine was originally issued to Aero Spacelines. Aero Spacelines was then sold to Tracor, Inc. and renamed Tracor Aviation in 1981, who picked up the maintance contracts for the Guppys. Tracor also developed the hush kits for the then Douglas DC-8s and Boeing 707s. Tracor no longer built aircraft but went into the airframe modification business, installing cargo doors on aircraft, and maintaining various commercial jets including McDonnell-Douglas DC-10s, Boeing 747s and smaller business jets.

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Tracor Aviation was then sold to Lucas Aerospace and renamed Lucas Aviation. Lucas Aviation continued technical support for the Guppys until the late 1990s, when Airbus Industrie unveiled the replacement for aging fleet of Super Guppys, the A300-600ST Beluga. A "Super" Super Guppy, based on the A310 Airbus airframe. Seen in this picture is SGT No.2 with the special graphics commemerating Tracor`s 25th anniversary.
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As this nose to nose comparison shows, although the A300-600ST is longer, and carries more weight, the Super Guppy is still a sizable airplane in anybody`s book. The 377SGTs are not being retired because they`ve out-lived their usefulness, on the contrary, they`re being retired because of age and high service hours.
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Super Guppy No.1 was retired to the British Aviation Heritage in Bruntingthorpe, England in 1996. No.2 is preserved at Airbus Industrie`s final assembly plant in Toulouse, France also in 1996. No.3 as of November, 1997 is on diplay at the Airbus assembly plant in Finkenwerder, near Hamburg, Germany.
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SGT No. 1
In this picture, Super Guppy No.1 is seen at it`s final home at the British Aviation Heritage in Bruntingthorpe, England. SGT No.1 is currently undergoing restoration as time and money permits. The engines have been permanently removed. Notice the propellers lying in the grass below the wings waiting to re-mounted to the cowlings.
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SGT No.1 is seen in this picture taken March 1998 with it`s propellers reattached and looking much more dignified. While the Guppy isn`t yet open to the public, the airfield is open every Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. There are plans to turn the SGT into a museum and house smaller exibits inside, but it`s not clear at this time if this will ever come to fruitation.
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SGT No. 2
Super Guppy No.2 is seen here on display at the Airbus final assembly plant in Toulouse, France. No.2 is now owned and cared for by Ailes Anciennes Toulouse (Toulouse old wings), a not for profit group of aviation enthusists in France. Ailes Anciennes Toulouse has been perserving historical aircraft for 15 years. Although they have many aircraft in their collection, they haven`t been able to secure a building to house all of these wonderful bits of aviation history. Notice that Airbus kept the "Super Guppy" portion of the earlier Tracor Aviation 25th Anniversary special paint job.
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This picture of No.2 was taken at the "Bikini" engine test area in Toulouse, France. After Airbus decided to keep one of each of the Super Guppys in each of the main Airbus countries, the museum in Bourget was first offered No.2, which they declined. Possibly because of space considerations.

One of Ailes Anciennes Toulouse`s members was the Chief Engineer for SGT spare parts. This gentleman was able to secure No.2 for Ailes Anciennes Toulouse. When Airbus retired the Guppys, they sold all of the Allison turboprops and spare parts used to support the Guppys. This Guppy like the other three that Airbus retired, has had the engines removed and the propellers remounted for static display. A Guppy without propellers isn`t nice.
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SGT No. 3
This article appeared in the December 24, 1997-January 6, 1998 issue of Flight International. Author Allan Winn went along on Super Guppy No.3`s last flight to Finkenwerder, Germany. He wrote a fitting tribute to the aircraft that did so much for Airbus Industrie. Be warned, these images are kind of big, but well worth the reading. Enjoy!
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Over the December 14, 1997 weekend Super Guppy No.3 received a new paint job in preparation for long-term outdoor display. All polished aluminium surfaces are now painted silver for better weather protection. Without the paint the skin would have to be polished about once a year. The stripes and lettering have also been repainted and are generally the same as before.
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On the weekend of December 21, 1997 SGT No.3 was moved to it`s final destination proudly parked in front of the main entrance of the DASA factory in Finkenwerder, Germany. Getting Super Guppy into place required the permanant removal of two trees and the temporary removal of about 8 street lights. Also on display is a HFB 320 Hansa Jet and a Noratlas transport, seen here.
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SGT No. 4
On October 23, 1997 SGT No.4, now registered as N941NA, landed at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas to a hero`s welcome. 941 as the Super Guppy is called in order to ease confusion over which of NASA`s Super Guppys one is referring to, will be based out of Johnson Space Center. 941`s mission is to ferry outsize components from around the globe back to the United States in preparation for launch into orbit.

The day after landing in Houston, the Guppy was out for crew familiarization. The 941 crew put the youngest of the Super Guppys through it`s paces shooting approx. six touch and goes. During one flight a T-38 gave chase for an in-flight photo session. All reference to 941`s Airbus past has been removed, with the exception of the number 4 on the fuselage above the cockpit. Also seen in this picture is NASA`s high-altitude research vehicle, the Martin RB-57 with it`s lengthened outer wing panels.
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Inside 941
In keeping with past tradition, NASA has again looked to the Super Guppy to help insure the success of one of it`s biggest projects to date; the International Space Station. Super Guppy No.4 was acquired by NASA from the European Space Agency under an International Space Station barter agreement. ESA supplied the Guppy to offset the cost to NASA of carrying ESA experiment equipment to the station as part of two future Space Shuttle flights. NASA`s newest Guppy crew spent four weeks in France getting checked out on the Super Guppy.
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This 3-view drawing shows that although this Super Guppy is very close in dimensions to the original Super Guppy, the shape of the fuselage and engine nacelles are completely different. The fuselage has a smoother flow more remenisent of the Pregnant Guppy.
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A system of rails in the cargo compartment is used with either Guppy pallets or fixtures designed for specific cargo. Rollers mounted in the rail allow pallets or fixtures to be moved by an electric winch mounted beneath the cargo floor. Automatic hydraulic lock pins in the rail secure the pallet for flight.

The Guppy can carry up to three 24 ft. Guppy pallets or sections, making the usable maximum pallet length 72 ft. and a floor load limit of 125 lbs/running inch (cargo rail). The cargo floor is 11 ft. above ground level and 13 ft. wide. The cargo hold has a maximum inside diameter of 25 ft. and overall length of just over 111 ft. with a constant 25 ft. diameter section 32 ft. long. The 377SGT`s absolute volume is 49,750 cubic ft. and a usable volume of 39,000 cubic ft. making this the largest of the Guppys.
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When Tracor Aviation (formerly Aero Spacelines, Inc.) was promoting the new Super Guppy`s virtues for transporting outsized cargo, this is one of the drawings they used. Almost all of the examples used in this artwork are still in use today. Notice the ease at which the cargo hold of the Guppy swallows the 15 ft. cargo which in some cases such as the DC-8 or L-100 Super Hercules, is as big around as their fuselages.
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The first 377SGT Super Guppy Turbine, N211AS (c/n 0001) flew on August 24, 1970. After success with the first of the 377SGTs, Aero Spacelines built a second 377SGT, N212AS (c/n 0002) and it flew exactly two years later on August 24, 1972.
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ASI originally planned to build and operate the MGT and SGT aircraft as they had the PG, SG, and MG previously. It was only after the company got into serious financial trouble that the decision was made to sell the SGT to Airbus Industrie. This photo shows the first 377SGT with a revised Aero Spacelines paint scheme taking off from Edward AFB, California for continued flight testing.
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As a part of the certification, one of the in-flight tests was both side and forward slips. To see exactly how the air flows over the fuselage and flying surfaces, tufts are commonly attached. Seen in the first picture, the air flows smoothly around the nose, with a slight deflection around the wing, as one would expect. The second and third, and fourth and fifth pictures show the difference in airflow in both forward flight and a nose right forward slip. In the last picture of the vertical stabalizer and the rudder during the slip, notice the amount of distortion on the skin. A moderate amount of flexing I would say.
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Building the SGT
Airbus committed to buy one aircraft in 1970 (delivery in

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This 3-view drawing shows that although this Super Guppy is very close in dimensions to the original Super Guppy, the shape of the fuselage and engine nacelles are completely different. The fuselage has a smoother flow more remenisent of the Pregnant Guppy.
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A system of rails in the cargo compartment is used with either Guppy pallets or fixtures designed for specific cargo. Rollers mounted in the rail allow pallets or fixtures to be moved by an electric winch mounted beneath the cargo floor. Automatic hydraulic lock pins in the rail secure the pallet for flight.

The Guppy can carry up to three 24 ft. Guppy pallets or sections, making the usable maximum pallet length 72 ft. and a floor load limit of 125 lbs/running inch (cargo rail). The cargo floor is 11 ft. above ground level and 13 ft. wide. The cargo hold has a maximum inside diameter of 25 ft. and overall length of just over 111 ft. with a constant 25 ft. diameter section 32 ft. long. The 377SGT`s absolute volume is 49,750 cubic ft. and a usable volume of 39,000 cubic ft. making this the largest of the Guppys.
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When Tracor Aviation (formerly Aero Spacelines, Inc.) was promoting the new Super Guppy`s virtues for transporting outsized cargo, this is one of the drawings they used. Almost all of the examples used in this artwork are still in use today. Notice the ease at which the cargo hold of the Guppy swallows the 15 ft. cargo which in some cases such as the DC-8 or L-100 Super Hercules, is as big around as their fuselages.
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The first 377SGT Super Guppy Turbine, N211AS (c/n 0001) flew on August 24, 1970. After success with the first of the 377SGTs, Aero Spacelines built a second 377SGT, N212AS (c/n 0002) and it flew exactly two years later on August 24, 1972.
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ASI originally planned to build and operate the MGT and SGT aircraft as they had the PG, SG, and MG previously. It was only after the company got into serious financial trouble that the decision was made to sell the SGT to Airbus Industrie. This photo shows the first 377SGT with a revised Aero Spacelines paint scheme taking off from Edward AFB, California for continued flight testing.
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As a part of the certification, one of the in-flight tests was both side and forward slips. To see exactly how the air flows over the fuselage and flying surfaces, tufts are commonly attached. Seen in the first picture, the air flows smoothly around the nose, with a slight deflection around the wing, as one would expect. The second and third, and fourth and fifth pictures show the difference in airflow in both forward flight and a nose right forward slip. In the last picture of the vertical stabalizer and the rudder during the slip, notice the amount of distortion on the skin. A moderate amount of flexing I would say.
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Building the SGT
Airbus committed to buy one aircraft in 1970 (delivery in 1971) with a contractural commitment for ASI to build a second SGT that would be available as back up to the first. In 1973 Airbus optioned to buy No.2. In 1978 Airbus approached ASI about building a Super Guppys No.3 and 4, with the agreement being finalized in 1979.
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Promotional brochures for the 377SGT (Guppy 201) depicted oversized cargo loads being driven through narrow Europeon city streets causing great disruption of traffic, promoting the use of the Guppys transporting Airbus A300/310 sub-assemblies from various sites in Europe for final assembly in France or Germany. In the last image, note the various factory`s locations, and the cargo the Guppy carried to the final assembly plant in Toulouse, France.
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Aero Spacelines built an entirely new fuselage to connect the existing C-97 Stratocruiser parts. The only parts taken from the C-97s and used for this generation of Guppy, were the nose section with presurized cockpit, wings using the lower section of nacelles, tail surfaces and main landing gear. The nose wheel is from a Boeing 707, rotated 180 degrees. A 23 ft. center section was inserted into the wing to give additional clearance between the tips of the propellers and the fuselage side.
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All of the third generation of Guppys (Mini Turbine and Super Turbine) used the Allison T-56 (501-D22C) Turboprops rated at 4680 ESHP. Aero Spacelines took the turboprops, cowlings, from the Lockheed Electra/P-3 Orion but used the propellers and spinners from the C-130 Hercules. The P-3`s propellers are built for speed, whereas the C-130`s are built for load carrying. The upper nacelles were constructed using turboprops from the P-3, with the upper nacelles adapting the Lockheed cowls to the existing lower nacelles and landing gear housing. Note in the photo for scale reference, the top of the door leading to the cockpit is about 5 and a half feet up from the floor and also note the man standing on the ground. The highest point inside the fuselage is 25 ft.
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By comparing the side views of both the Lockheed P-3 Orion and the 377SGT, it`s easy to see the "a little of this and a little of that" approach Aero Spacelines used in designing the Super Guppy Turbine. The engineers were smart to adopt this method of design. It ended up being a great time and money saver. When Aero Spacelines was looking at powerplants for the new Guppys, they picked the Allison T-56 Turboprop because of it`s relative abundance, and also because Lockheed had already designed a nifty cowl for the P-3. Why redesign a cowling when an abundant supply already existed?
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The T56 is the leading turboprop engine in the world, based on over 17,000 engines sold and more than 150 million accumulated flight hours. Since their initial production in 1954, the T56/501D engines have been installed in a wide variety of propeller-powered aircraft. These aerial platforms include over 2,000 Lockheed C-130 Hercules used by both United States and foreign military and some 100 plus commercial L-382 (L-100) cargo transport aircraft. Another Lockheed application is the 600 plus P-3 Orions used in anti-submarine warfare. Other T56 military platforms include Grumman`s E-2 Hawkeye, an early warning aircraft, and the C-2 COD, used for Carrier Onboard Delivery of supplies and personnel to and from ships.
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The loading system for the 377SGT was as unique as the airplane. Airbus fuselage and wing sections are strapped to custom loading dollys, which are loaded onto a custom driveable sissoring jack. The load is driven up to the opened nose of the aircraft, pushed on rollers into place inside the airplane.
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The difference between the two Super Guppys is apparent when comparing these two photos. By constructing a new fuselage, Aero Spacelines was able to increase the width of the floor from 8 ft. on the NASA Super Guppy to 13 ft. for the Super Guppy Turbine. The aluminium skin over bulkhead and stringer method of construction for all Guppys can be seen in the photo of the NASA Guppy. But for Type Certification, the FAA didn`t like the way the bare inside of the fuselage looked, so they made Aero Spacelines add a Nomex lining to the inside of the cargo hold.
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The nose locking was also refined with a hydraulic locking pin mechanism replacing the earlier bolting method. Like all Guppys, the 377SGT was equipted with 3 jacks in the fuselage; two in front of the wing as seen in the composite photo on the left and one behind the wing as shown in the picture on the right (note the steel plate used to spread the load of the rear jack). These jacks were deployed to support and steady the airplane before the joint could be unlocked and the nose opened and wheeled out of the way.
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The first 377SGT was sold to Airbus Industrie in 1971. The second was sold in 1973. The sub-assemblies for the third and fourth 377SGT were delivered in 1978 and 1979 respectively, number 3 flew in 1979 and number 4 in 1980. The four Super Guppys became a vital part of the production process for Airbus Industrie, operating a regularly scheduled route five days a week.
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Compare the length of the Airbus fuselage section to the length of the Super Guppy`s hold as it swallows the Airbus. With the low angle and the distance the photographer is from the Guppy, it looks almost as if it could be a model. Note the size of the yellow Volkwagen van in front of the loading dolly, and imagine how many of those vans would fit inside of the Guppy`s hold.
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Operating a fleet of Super Guppys is not without incident. Loading operations are rated up to a 20 knots crosswind. Airbus Industrie found out the hard way a couple of times to follow published operating procedures when a gust of wind caught the opened nose of a Super Guppy, causing it to act like a giant sail, tearing itself loose from the fuselage. This happened once in Madrid and again in Hamburg.
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Another incident happened early in SGT No.1`s career with Airbus in which the SGT ran off the runway. The nosegear, unable to hold up to the rough soft terrain, collapsed. When this happened a crewmember was ejected from the auxilary jumpseat and was seriously injured. The restraint harnesses were redesigned to prevent this type of accident in the future.
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This 3-view drawing shows that although this Super Guppy is very close in dimensions to the original Super Guppy, the shape of the fuselage and engine nacelles are completely different. The fuselage has a smoother flow more remenisent of the Pregnant Guppy.
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A system of rails in the cargo compartment is used with either Guppy pallets or fixtures designed for specific cargo. Rollers mounted in the rail allow pallets or fixtures to be moved by an electric winch mounted beneath the cargo floor. Automatic hydraulic lock pins in the rail secure the pallet for flight.

The Guppy can carry up to three 24 ft. Guppy pallets or sections, making the usable maximum pallet length 72 ft. and a floor load limit of 125 lbs/running inch (cargo rail). The cargo floor is 11 ft. above ground level and 13 ft. wide. The cargo hold has a maximum inside diameter of 25 ft. and overall length of just over 111 ft. with a constant 25 ft. diameter section 32 ft. long. The 377SGT`s absolute volume is 49,750 cubic ft. and a usable volume of 39,000 cubic ft. making this the largest of the Guppys.
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When Tracor Aviation (formerly Aero Spacelines, Inc.) was promoting the new Super Guppy`s virtues for transporting outsized cargo, this is one of the drawings they used. Almost all of the examples used in this artwork are still in use today. Notice the ease at which the cargo hold of the Guppy swallows the 15 ft. cargo which in some cases such as the DC-8 or L-100 Super Hercules, is as big around as their fuselages.
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Pictures

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The first 377SGT Super Guppy Turbine, N211AS (c/n 0001) flew on August 24, 1970. After success with the first of the 377SGTs, Aero Spacelines built a second 377SGT, N212AS (c/n 0002) and it flew exactly two years later on August 24, 1972.
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ASI originally planned to build and operate the MGT and SGT aircraft as they had the PG, SG, and MG previously. It was only after the company got into serious financial trouble that the decision was made to sell the SGT to Airbus Industrie. This photo shows the first 377SGT with a revised Aero Spacelines paint scheme taking off from Edward AFB, California for continued flight testing.
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As a part of the certification, one of the in-flight tests was both side and forward slips. To see exactly how the air flows over the fuselage and flying surfaces, tufts are commonly attached. Seen in the first picture, the air flows smoothly around the nose, with a slight deflection around the wing, as one would expect. The second and third, and fourth and fifth pictures show the difference in airflow in both forward flight and a nose right forward slip. In the last picture of the vertical stabalizer and the rudder during the slip, notice the amount of distortion on the skin. A moderate amount of flexing I would say.
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Building the SGT
Airbus committed to buy one aircraft in 1970 (delivery in 1971) with a contractural commitment for ASI to build a second SGT that would be available as back up to the first. In 1973 Airbus optioned to buy No.2. In 1978 Airbus approached ASI about building a Super Guppys No.3 and 4, with the agreement being finalized in 1979.
(Click on the thumbnail to go to "Building the SGT")

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Promotional brochures for the 377SGT (Guppy 201) depicted oversized cargo loads being driven through narrow Europeon city streets causing great disruption of traffic, promoting the use of the Guppys transporting Airbus A300/310 sub-assemblies from various sites in Europe for final assembly in France or Germany. In the last image, note the various factory`s locations, and the cargo the Guppy carried to the final assembly plant in Toulouse, France.
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Aero Spacelines built an entirely new fuselage to connect the existing C-97 Stratocruiser parts. The only parts taken from the C-97s and used for this generation of Guppy, were the nose section with presurized cockpit, wings using the lower section of nacelles, tail surfaces and main landing gear. The nose wheel is from a Boeing 707, rotated 180 degrees. A 23 ft. center section was inserted into the wing to give additional clearance between the tips of the propellers and the fuselage side.
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All of the third generation of Guppys (Mini Turbine and Super Turbine) used the Allison T-56 (501-D22C) Turboprops rated at 4680 ESHP. Aero Spacelines took the turboprops, cowlings, from the Lockheed Electra/P-3 Orion but used the propellers and spinners from the C-130 Hercules. The P-3`s propellers are built for speed, whereas the C-130`s are built for load carrying. The upper nacelles were constructed using turboprops from the P-3, with the upper nacelles adapting the Lockheed cowls to the existing lower nacelles and landing gear housing. Note in the photo for scale reference, the top of the door leading to the cockpit is about 5 and a half feet up from the floor and also note the man standing on the ground. The highest point inside the fuselage is 25 ft.
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By comparing the side views of both the Lockheed P-3 Orion and the 377SGT, it`s easy to see the "a little of this and a little of that" approach Aero Spacelines used in designing the Super Guppy Turbine. The engineers were smart to adopt this method of design. It ended up being a great time and money saver. When Aero Spacelines was looking at powerplants for the new Guppys, they picked the Allison T-56 Turboprop because of it`s relative abundance, and also because Lockheed had already designed a nifty cowl for the P-3. Why redesign a cowling when an abundant supply already existed?
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The T56 is the leading turboprop engine in the world, based on over 17,000 engines sold and more than 150 million accumulated flight hours. Since their initial production in 1954, the T56/501D engines have been installed in a wide variety of propeller-powered aircraft. These aerial platforms include over 2,000 Lockheed C-130 Hercules used by both United States and foreign military and some 100 plus commercial L-382 (L-100) cargo transport aircraft. Another Lockheed application is the 600 plus P-3 Orions used in anti-submarine warfare. Other T56 military platforms include Grumman`s E-2 Hawkeye, an early warning aircraft, and the C-2 COD, used for Carrier Onboard Delivery of supplies and personnel to and from ships.
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The loading system for the 377SGT was as unique as the airplane. Airbus fuselage and wing sections are strapped to custom loading dollys, which are loaded onto a custom driveable sissoring jack. The load is driven up to the opened nose of the aircraft, pushed on rollers into place inside the airplane.
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The difference between the two Super Guppys is apparent when comparing these two photos. By constructing a new fuselage, Aero Spacelines was able to increase the width of the floor from 8 ft. on the NASA Super Guppy to 13 ft. for the Super Guppy Turbine. The aluminium skin over bulkhead and stringer method of construction for all Guppys can be seen in the photo of the NASA Guppy. But for Type Certification, the FAA didn`t like the way the bare inside of the fuselage looked, so they made Aero Spacelines add a Nomex lining to the inside of the cargo hold.
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The nose locking was also refined with a hydraulic locking pin mechanism replacing the earlier bolting method. Like all Guppys, the 377SGT was equipted with 3 jacks in the fuselage; two in front of the wing as seen in the composite photo on the left and one behind the wing as shown in the picture on the right (note the steel plate used to spread the load of the rear jack). These jacks were deployed to support and steady the airplane before the joint could be unlocked and the nose opened and wheeled out of the way.
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The first 377SGT was sold to Airbus Industrie in 1971. The second was sold in 1973. The sub-assemblies for the third and fourth 377SGT were delivered in 1978 and 1979 respectively, number 3 flew in 1979 and number 4 in 1980. The four Super Guppys became a vital part of the production process for Airbus Industrie, operating a regularly scheduled route five days a week.
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Compare the length of the Airbus fuselage section to the length of the Super Guppy`s hold as it swallows the Airbus. With the low angle and the distance the photographer is from the Guppy, it looks almost as if it could be a model. Note the size of the yellow Volkwagen van in front of the loading dolly, and imagine how many of those vans would fit inside of the Guppy`s hold.
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Operating a fleet of Super Guppys is not without incident. Loading operations are rated up to a 20 knots crosswind. Airbus Industrie found out the hard way a couple of times to follow published operating procedures when a gust of wind caught the opened nose of a Super Guppy, causing it to act like a giant sail, tearing itself loose from the fuselage. This happened once in Madrid and again in Hamburg.
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Another incident happened early in SGT No.1`s career with Airbus in which the SGT ran off the runway. The nosegear, unable to hold up to the rough soft terrain, collapsed. When this happened a crewmember was ejected from the auxilary jumpseat and was seriously injured. The restraint harnesses were redesigned to prevent this type of accident in the future.
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The Type Certificate for the 377MG Mini-Guppy and the 377SGT Super Guppy Turbine was originally issued to Aero Spacelines. Aero Spacelines was then sold to Tracor, Inc. and renamed Tracor Aviation in 1981, who picked up the maintance contracts for the Guppys. Tracor also developed the hush kits for the then Douglas DC-8s and Boeing 707s. Tracor no longer built aircraft but went into the airframe modification business, installing cargo doors on aircraft, and maintaining various commercial jets including McDonnell-Douglas DC-10s, Boeing 747s and smaller business jets.

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Tracor Aviation was then sold to Lucas Aerospace and renamed Lucas Aviation. Lucas Aviation continued technical support for the Guppys until the late 1990s, when Airbus Industrie unveiled the replacement for aging fleet of Super Guppys, the A300-600ST Beluga. A "Super" Super Guppy, based on the A310 Airbus airframe. Seen in this picture is SGT No.2 with the special graphics commemerating Tracor`s 25th anniversary.
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As this nose to nose comparison shows, although the A300-600ST is longer, and carries more weight, the Super Guppy is still a sizable airplane in anybody`s book. The 377SGTs are not being retired because they`ve out-lived their usefulness, on the contrary, they`re being retired because of age and high service hours.
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Super Guppy No.1 was retired to the British Aviation Heritage in Bruntingthorpe, England in 1996. No.2 is preserved at Airbus Industrie`s final assembly plant in Toulouse, France also in 1996. No.3 as of November, 1997 is on diplay at the Airbus assembly plant in Finkenwerder, near Hamburg, Germany.
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SGT No. 1
In this picture, Super Guppy No.1 is seen at it`s final home at the British Aviation Heritage in Bruntingthorpe, England. SGT No.1 is currently undergoing restoration as time and money permits. The engines have been permanently removed. Notice the propellers lying in the grass below the wings waiting to re-mounted to the cowlings.
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SGT No.1 is seen in this picture taken March 1998 with it`s propellers reattached and looking much more dignified. While the Guppy isn`t yet open to the public, the airfield is open every Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. There are plans to turn the SGT into a museum and house smaller exibits inside, but it`s not clear at this time if this will ever come to fruitation.
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SGT No. 2
Super Guppy No.2 is seen here on display at the Airbus final assembly plant in Toulouse, France. No.2 is now owned and cared for by Ailes Anciennes Toulouse (Toulouse old wings), a not for profit group of aviation enthusists in France. Ailes Anciennes Toulouse has been perserving historical aircraft for 15 years. Although they have many aircraft in their collection, they haven`t been able to secure a building to house all of these wonderful bits of aviation history. Notice that Airbus kept the "Super Guppy" portion of the earlier Tracor Aviation 25th Anniversary special paint job.
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This picture of No.2 was taken at the "Bikini" engine test area in Toulouse, France. After Airbus decided to keep one of each of the Super Guppys in each of the main Airbus countries, the museum in Bourget was first offered No.2, which they declined. Possibly because of space considerations.

One of Ailes Anciennes Toulouse`s members was the Chief Engineer for SGT spare parts. This gentleman was able to secure No.2 for Ailes Anciennes Toulouse. When Airbus retired the Guppys, they sold all of the Allison turboprops and spare parts used to support the Guppys. This Guppy like the other three that Airbus retired, has had the engines removed and the propellers remounted for static display. A Guppy without propellers isn`t nice.
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SGT No. 3
This article appeared in the December 24, 1997-January 6, 1998 issue of Flight International. Author Allan Winn went along on Super Guppy No.3`s last flight to Finkenwerder, Germany. He wrote a fitting tribute to the aircraft that did so much for Airbus Industrie. Be warned, these images are kind of big, but well worth the reading. Enjoy!
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Over the December 14, 1997 weekend Super Guppy No.3 received a new paint job in preparation for long-term outdoor display. All polished aluminium surfaces are now painted silver for better weather protection. Without the paint the skin would have to be polished about once a year. The stripes and lettering have also been repainted and are generally the same as before.
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On the weekend of December 21, 1997 SGT No.3 was moved to it`s final destination proudly parked in front of the main entrance of the DASA factory in Finkenwerder, Germany. Getting Super Guppy into place required the permanant removal of two trees and the temporary removal of about 8 street lights. Also on display is a HFB 320 Hansa Jet and a Noratlas transport, seen here.
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SGT No. 4
On October 23, 1997 SGT No.4, now registered as N941NA, landed at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas to a hero`s welcome. 941 as the Super Guppy is called in order to ease confusion over which of NASA`s Super Guppys one is referring to, will be based out of Johnson Space Center. 941`s mission is to ferry outsize components from around the globe back to the United States in preparation for launch into orbit.

The day after landing in Houston, the Guppy was out for crew familiarization. The 941 crew put the youngest of the Super Guppys through it`s paces shooting approx. six touch and goes. During one flight a T-38 gave chase for an in-flight photo session. All reference to 941`s Airbus past has been removed, with the exception of the number 4 on the fuselage above the cockpit. Also seen in this picture is NASA`s high-altitude research vehicle, the Martin RB-57 with it`s lengthened outer wing panels.
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Inside 941
In keeping with past tradition, NASA has again looked to the Super Guppy to help insure the success of one of it`s biggest projects to date; the International Space Station. Super Guppy No.4 was acquired by NASA from the European Space Agency under an International Space Station barter agreement. ESA supplied the Guppy to offset the cost to NASA of carrying ESA experiment equipment to the station as part of two future Space Shuttle flights. NASA`s newest Guppy crew spent four weeks in France getting checked out on the Super Guppy.
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The de-icer system for the outer wing sections consists of a fuel heater in the rear of the outer engine nacelles. The inner de-icers use engine bleed air for heat. The 377SGT uses constant speed engines which run at 98-103% power ratings. Airspeed is around 200 kts at low altitudes. At higher altitudes 941 is limited to Mach 185 KIAS. Of note, the rudder and elevator surfaces are fabric covered, a technology from a bygone era. The rudder has been replaced or at least re-covered at some time during 941`s life.
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One feature that suprised many connected with 941 was the method of construction used on the fuselage, similar to the Mini Guppy seen in this picture taken during 377MG`s construction in Santa Barbara, California. The fuselage sheeting was overlapped, shingle fashion with standard or round head rivets used to attach the sheets to the bulkheads and stringers. The C-97 cockpit section and P-3 cowls still retain the flush rivets originally used. Some of the rivets have been replaced with hex head bolts at some point, though it`s not clear by whom or why.
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Some of the senior Johnson Space Center engineers who helped launch Apollo remember the original Super Guppy. Some of the improvements include a pressurized cockpit with seating for three crew and four passengers, a better air-conditioner that works down to and on the ground instead of the original`s limitation of not working below 5000 ft. The 377SG`s all manual fuselage latches were replaced with upper hydraulic latches on the 377SGTs. 941`s cockpit layout has been improved and has a better radio system. JSC engineers are seen here inspecting the drive wheel for the swing nose.
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One final note about 941 not mentioned on this page about a part, or should I say a section of the aircraft`s history. It is the 46 section of the fuselage - the aft lower part of the fuselage. In building Guppy No. 4 for Airbus Industrie, ASI found that there were no remaining B377 fuselages to cannibalize, so ASI bought the 46 section from the disassembled Pregnant Guppy and shipped it to France where it was incorporated into SGT No.4. Seen in these pictures, the section has been placed in a custom jig for a partial reskining, also note in the left picture, the workman inside the 46 section.
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Seen in the picture on the left is actually the 45 and 46 sections still joined before being prepared for shipping to Airbus. The 46 section is the part of the fuselage that incorporates the mount for the horizontal tail surfaces as pictured in the right photo. How ironic that the last Guppy built contains a part of the first Guppy built using one of the first Stratocruisers built.
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New Look for 941!
NASA Super Guppy N941NA is sporting a shiny new look to carry her crew into the next millenium! In early in December Leading Edge, a commercial aircraft painter at the old Eaker AFB at Blytheville, Arkansas tackled the challenging job of polishing and repainting NASA`s Super Guppy! Thanks to Dave Shank, we`re able to bring you this first look including the first take-off and in flight photos.
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The Crew of 941
We have added this new page to give everyone an opportunity to meet the guys who fly and maintain NASA`s Super Guppy. This page will be updated as different crew members come out, and are willing to have their pictures taken.
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The Loadmasters of 941
The Loadmasters of N941NA are responsible for the correct loading of the Super Guppy and that the cargo arrives safely at it`s destinations. Pictured above are the seven Loadmasters assigned to the Super Guppy in support of the International Space Station. They are employees of Airlift Technologies International Inc., which is on contract to NASA.
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International Space Station
We will be posting International Space Station related items on this page. Take a look at the Orange County Register`s coverage of 941`s last couple of trips to Southern California. The most recent article was published June 9, 1999.
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N941 is seen here just after take off on Thursday June 10, 1999 from Los Alamitos Army Airfield carrying the S-0. This is commonly referred to as the heart of the International Space Station. The crew is taking the S-0 to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for testing.
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NASA`s Super Guppy makes the cover of the Ocotber, 2000 issue of FLYING magazine! N941 was one of the star attractions at the 2000 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 26 - August 1. In the last image, the Guppy is seen on the tarmac.
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Movies

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QuickTimeVRs
Take a look inside the Super Guppy! The QuickTimeVR on the left is a 360 degree panorama which was created from pictures taken on October 28, 1998 from the cargo deck of the Super Guppy during NASA`s loading operation of the second test article for the International Space Station Project at Los Alamitos Army Airfield, California. Among the interesting things to see in the background are the cranes used to load the cargo onto the loading dolley; a couple of "Medfly Bombers", so called because of their mission dropping frozen Medflies throughout California and a C-123 Provider.
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Then take a walk around the Super Guppy and see the her new paint scheme! These pictures were taken on 941`s first trip to Los Alamitos Army Airfield, California after the NASA crew picked up the Guppy from Leading Edge in Blytheville, Arkansas. We met up with the crew when they arrived at Los Al on Friday January 22 and took the pictures used to create this VR movie the next day. As always, the guys on the crew were very helpful and accommodating.
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We would like extend a special note of appreciation to the crew of 941 for allowing us the opportunity to take these images we`re sharing with you. Thanks guys!

You will need the QuickTime and QuickTimeVR plug-ins to view these movies. Users of Netscape 3.0 or later have the QuickTime plug-in built in to their browsers, but you will still need to get the QTVR plug-in. Get the plug-in for QuickTimeVR by linking here.

Once the Movie is loaded, use your mouse to click and drag either left or right. For the Panorama, use your "Shift" and "Control" keys to zoom in and out also, but not necessarily at the same time. If after loading the Panorama you only see a playbar, you don`t have the correct VR plug-in loaded. Go to the above link to Apple and get a copy of QuickTime3 and install it. Then the Movie should play okay.

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RealPlayer
In this RealVideo of the Orange County News (OCN), coverage of the Super Guppy arrival at Los Alamitos Army Airfield bringing an International Space Station component to Boeing in Huntington Beach, California. In this news spot the Guppy is seen sporting a new paint job. Especially interesting is the smooth nose wheel first landing, nose opening and unloading operations.

PC Users, Right click here then select `Save Link As...` to download and save RealVideo file.
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Listen to this streaming RealAudio interview with NASA pilots Frank Marlow and Triple Nickel as they talk about flying the Super Guppy, courtesy of the Orange County Register.

To enjoy either of these streaming media, you will need to install RealPlayer. To get a free copy of RealPlayer here.

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Videos
This video was shot on June 10, 1999 at Los Alamitos Army Airfield showing NASA 941 during take off with the S-0. The S-0 is the 44 foot center section of the International Space Station`s 356 foot frame or truss.
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In this video we see the prototype 377SGT (Guppy 201) N211AS undergoing flight testing at Edwards AFB, California. The success of Aero Spacelines and it`s Guppys attracted the attention of other firms. In July 1965 Aero Spacelines was acquired by Unexcelled Chemical Corporation with Aero Spacelines still operating as an independant subsidiary. The new organization not only intended to continue the Super Guppy line of aircraft, it announced it`s intention to build a small fleet of outsize transports.

The British Aviation Heritage in Bruntingthorpe, England is the final home for Super Guppy No.1. It was retired in 1996 when the first of the A300-600ST Belugas became available to replace the valued but aging Guppys.
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Note in this video clip the skill of the pilot landing the airplane, there must be a stiff cross wind judging from the amount of side-slip needed to hold the airplane on course. But considering the generous side area of these aircraft, it wouldn`t take too high of a crosswind to be a handfull.
(900K QuickTime video)

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Sprungfedern
Definition

Für den Aufbau eines Sprungfederpolsters ist die Auswahl der geeigneten Sprungfedern von grundlegender Bedeutung. Sie werden aus gehärtetem Federstahldraht in unterschiedlichen Drahtstärken, Durchmessern, Höhen und Gängen (Windungen) hergestellt. Dünnere Federdrähte mit weniger Gängen ergeben weichere Polsterungen als Federn mit dickeren Drähten und hohen Gangzahlen. Zu unterscheiden sind folgende Federarten:

Taillenfedern
Für geschnürte Federungen werden T. verwendet, wobei Sitzfedern einen stärkeren Drahtdurchmesser aufweisen müssen als Lehnfedern. Für --> Bonell-Federkerne werden Taillenfedern mit noch geringeren Drahtstärken verwendet.

Zylinderfedern
Eingesetzt für --> Zylinderfederkern und --> Taschenfederkerne zur Herstellung hochwertiger Sitz- und Rückenlehnpolsterungen.

Kegelfedern
Vorwiegend zur Herstellung von Federkörben -->Federkorb verwendet, die als federnder Untergrund bei Polsterstühlen dienen.

Zur Federkennzeichnung sind weiterhin Federhöhe, Drahtdicke, Gangzahl und Kopfdurchmesser anzugeben. --> Federungssysteme, Polsterkunde.


Anmerkung:
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