Guppy/s where common sights over the uk as they used to fly for the Airbus Consortium, flying Airbus frames/wings between the uk and and france, till they where replaced with newer Airbus Belugga aircraft very similar looking just fans replacing the guppy's props. Finally got it right I think - Nikon D7500, Nikon 300 F4 PF, Nikon 1.4 X mk3 TC
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StaticMedia Senior Member 875 posts Joined Dec 2011 More info | Jul 02, 2012 21:05 | #17 She is a beauty! Again she was used and designed to haul the X36-A and other experimental fuselages... out of Nevada and back in to Nevada during the 1980's. This will not be De-classified until 2014 but it is truth. Higher altitude versions of the Guppy with jet-turbine engines and a slimmer titanium body were implemented in transporting pieces of the stealth bomber during it's development from Lockheed HQ in CA to Nevada for testing, normally during night, and under the cover of darkness. Lockheed even took precautions to only fly under minimal moonlight to conceal the shape of the X36-A for any civilian observer or any other passing aircraft.
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DocFluty Goldmember  1,762 posts Likes: 36 Joined Jan 2010 Location: Gulfport, Ms More info | Jul 06, 2012 20:37 | #18 wow... never seen anything that flies like that. My Facebook Fan Page
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horse51 Goldmember  1,287 posts Joined Mar 2010 Location: Illinois More info | Jul 07, 2012 14:17 | #19 Very cool.... What a good looking bird lol Alan "horse51" Barbor
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Jul 07, 2012 23:34 | #20 StaticMedia wrote in post #14662925  She is a beauty! Again she was used and designed to haul the X36-A and other experimental fuselages... out of Nevada and back in to Nevada during the 1980's. This will not be De-classified until 2014 but it is truth. Higher altitude versions of the Guppy with jet-turbine engines and a slimmer titanium body were implemented in transporting pieces of the stealth bomber during it's development from Lockheed HQ in CA to Nevada for testing, normally during night, and under the cover of darkness. Lockheed even took precautions to only fly under minimal moonlight to conceal the shape of the X36-A for any civilian observer or any other passing aircraft. horse51 wrote in post #14684090 Very cool.... What a good looking bird lol Thanks, All - Eric S.: My Birds/Wildlife
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Stiggyiggy Member 75 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2013 Location: Seattle, WA More info | Mar 24, 2014 22:55 | #21 It's back!  Super Guppy by Stiggy84, on Flickr NASA 941 by Stiggy84, on FlickrCanon 60D | 10D | 17-50 f/2.8 XR | 70-200 f/4L | 75-300 f/4.0-5.6 III | 50 f/1.8 |
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joeseph "smells like turd"  More info | Mar 25, 2014 02:51 | #22 and nice landing too! good catch... some fairly old canon camera stuff, canon lenses, Manfrotto "thingy", and an M5, also an M6 that has had a 720nm filter bolted onto the sensor:
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LASmith Senior Member  403 posts Likes: 13 Joined Mar 2008 Location: North Carolina More info | Mar 25, 2014 08:05 | #23 joeseph wrote in post #16784309 and nice landing too! good catch... Not really...you should not touch down on the nose gear first - could make things interesting! 5D,20D, some lenses and stuff
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Mar 25, 2014 09:07 | #24 Very interesting. Thanks for sharing the photos and for explaining. Bob Palermini
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Stiggyiggy Member 75 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2013 Location: Seattle, WA More info | Mar 25, 2014 09:45 | #25 LA Smith wrote in post #16784621 Not really...you should not touch down on the nose gear first - could make things interesting! It's normal in a Super Guppy and it's predecessors the 377 and C97. Canon 60D | 10D | 17-50 f/2.8 XR | 70-200 f/4L | 75-300 f/4.0-5.6 III | 50 f/1.8 |
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LASmith Senior Member 403 posts Likes: 13 Joined Mar 2008 Location: North Carolina More info | Mar 25, 2014 10:50 | #26 Stiggyiggy wrote in post #16784798 It's normal in a Super Guppy and it's predecessors the 377 and C97. It has a beefed up nose gear to be able to handle it. Wow! I learned something again today! The C-97 and its derivatives DID commonly land nose gear first. Unorthodox, but effective... 5D,20D, some lenses and stuff
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Mar 25, 2014 12:02 | #27 @Stiggiggy: Any idea what its return was for? - Eric S.: My Birds/Wildlife
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Mar 25, 2014 15:44 | #28 Really nice images, wish I could take some pic of it. Canon 6D,T3i, Powershot G16| 50mm 1.8II|100-400mm F4.5-5.6L|24-105 IS F/4 L||16-35mm F/2.8 vIIL|lCanon 1.4x mkII TC|580 EXII |Keeping it all in a KATA Backpack
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Radders Cream of the Crop  5,017 posts Likes: 19 Joined Oct 2009 Location: UK More info | Mar 25, 2014 16:30 | #29 One here in the UK that isn't as shiney as that one!!  Great shots too, would love to get to see one fly again  | 1DII | 7D | 60D | 6D | 100 2.8 | 50mm 1.4 | 11-16 2.8 | 24-105 4 | 70-300 IS USM |
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Stiggyiggy Member 75 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2013 Location: Seattle, WA More info | Mar 25, 2014 21:53 | #30 Snydremark wrote in post #16785115 @Stiggiggy: Any idea what its return was for? Canon 60D | 10D | 17-50 f/2.8 XR | 70-200 f/4L | 75-300 f/4.0-5.6 III | 50 f/1.8 |
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