You won’t Believe the Story of the Amazing Super Guppy!!

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Do you know what THIS is? Even if you do, the Super Guppy is one of the most fascinating and wonderfully weird aircraft ever, with so many surprises in its origins, development, and use.
For example, did you know that Airbus kind of made two of them? Using BOEING parts? Could we go as far as to say that Airbus MADE two Boeings?!
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Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode.
• Giant NASA Super Guppy...
• Get a tour of NASA's S...
• Crowd Views Super Gupp...
• Orion Backstage: NASA'...
• BAHF Boeing C-97 Start...
• Crowd Views Super Gupp...
• First flight of Airbus...
• Engines for Superbombers
• United Boeing 377 Stra...
• KC-97 Stratofreighter ...
• Boeing 707 Prototype "...
• 1960's US Air Force KC...
• Space Race, 1958: Laun...
• NASA Manned Spacecraft...
• The Amazing See-Thru G...
• Dr. Wernher von Braun’...
• NASA - T- 38 Chase of ...
• Super Guppy Landing
• Apollo 11: Neil Armstr...
• Mini Guppy
• A320 production: from ...
• 50th Anniversary of A3...
• L'histoire du Guppy, r...
• UTA French Airlines
• Airbus Beluga ST

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  • @MentourNow
    @MentourNow10 ай бұрын

    Go to squarespace.com/mentournow to get a free trial and 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.

  • @bmw_m4255

    @bmw_m4255

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the meetup

  • @vishnu9264

    @vishnu9264

    9 ай бұрын

    how to sign up for the Boeing session?

  • @737Garrus

    @737Garrus

    9 ай бұрын

    Fucking *No!*

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    9 ай бұрын

    @@737Garrus Really? 3 seconds of a sponsor message brings out that reaction? I currently employ 5 people to help me with research, editing, graphics and script-writing for both channels. I pay these people their salaries and to do that, I need sponsorships, hence the 3 seconds that you needed to endure. I know free is always good but the truth is that the money to produce has to come from somewhere so unless you want to start paying for content, I’m afraid you will have to endure this from me and basically every other channel out there.

  • @bmw_m4255

    @bmw_m4255

    9 ай бұрын

    @@MentourNow don't worry about that guy!

  • @MrRhoobarb1
    @MrRhoobarb110 ай бұрын

    I live near an Airbus site and regularly get to see the Belugas. It's great to spot one.

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Very cool!

  • @cryptoslacker-464

    @cryptoslacker-464

    9 ай бұрын

    I would love to see one in the wild ❤😮🎉

  • @jon.limjap
    @jon.limjap10 ай бұрын

    I'm amazed at how there really is a lineage between the Guppies and the Belugas -- and in an ironic way how Boeing helped Airbus succeed!

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Yep! It’s really fascinating

  • @todortodorov940

    @todortodorov940

    9 ай бұрын

    Helped and helped. Boeing produced some aircraft, who others later bought to use their parts and build their own aircraft.

  • @NicolaW72

    @NicolaW72

    9 ай бұрын

    @@todortodorov940 Indeed.

  • @enigmawyoming5201

    @enigmawyoming5201

    9 ай бұрын

    @ 5:03. You refer to a man “called” John Michael Conroy. “Called” and “Named” are two different concepts. I can “CALL” John a liar. John is “NAMED” John. Incorrect to say John is “called” John unless your are “calling” him something other that the name he was given at birth.

  • @brianafc

    @brianafc

    8 ай бұрын

    Airbus returned the favour by offering help to solve the 737 max issue too

  • @bossytuba
    @bossytuba10 ай бұрын

    In the late 1960s my dad (a draftsman) worked on the Super Guppy for Aero Spacelines in Santa Barbara, California. We attended the rollout ceremony for a newly-built Super Guppy. I was 9 or 10, and have never forgotten the excitement at the ceremony or how proud my dad was to have been part of the project. I've already sent the link for this video to my sisters. One is old enough to remember the event, for the other two this will be glimpse into a part of my dad's life they didn't know about.

  • @The_ZeroLine

    @The_ZeroLine

    9 ай бұрын

    I’m in SB right now. Does you or part of your family still live there?

  • @bossytuba

    @bossytuba

    9 ай бұрын

    @@The_ZeroLine We're from SLO county, and I still have a ton of relatives there. My dad used to make the commute every day.

  • @The_ZeroLine

    @The_ZeroLine

    9 ай бұрын

    @@bossytuba Pretty drive. If you still lived there, you’d get to see Falcon Heavies and other rockers lifting off nearly weekly.

  • @jdii5698
    @jdii569810 ай бұрын

    I live in Houston, Texas and have seen the super guppy on final into Ellington Field several times and each time I’m reminded of the Douglas Adams quote: “The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.”

  • @johnstreet797

    @johnstreet797

    8 ай бұрын

    42

  • @geoffreygoldberg448
    @geoffreygoldberg44810 ай бұрын

    I knew about the Guppy and Super Guppy, but not it's fantastic history. Thanks for the video Petter!

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @volvo09

    @volvo09

    10 ай бұрын

    Happy to see a video on these aircraft, so unique.

  • @theonlymadmac4771

    @theonlymadmac4771

    9 ай бұрын

    I remember reading books in the 60ies about the Guppies as a kid! Thanks a lot for bringing my knowledge of those flying fish up to date

  • @alexlightbody7118
    @alexlightbody711810 ай бұрын

    When Mentour Pilot and Mentour Now both upload, it’s a good weekend

  • @buidelrat132

    @buidelrat132

    10 ай бұрын

    Can you imagine the awesomeness if they collaborated? ;)

  • @heidirabenau511

    @heidirabenau511

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@buidelrat132Before someone says "bUt it's tHe sAmE PeRsOn!" Have you ever seen Mentour Pilot and Mentour Now in the same room?

  • @nowapproachingyt

    @nowapproachingyt

    10 ай бұрын

    @@heidirabenau511ah yes that is one way to confuse half of the internet. Well played

  • @owensparks5013

    @owensparks5013

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@buidelrat132 I was wondering about some sort of disgruntled rivalry...

  • @parkermezek1084

    @parkermezek1084

    10 ай бұрын

    And 74 gear as well!

  • @ctradio4416
    @ctradio44169 ай бұрын

    9:55 Honestly Clay Lacy deserves a video just on him given his honestly crazy career (he’s still alive btw). Filmed the XB-70 crash, 29 world speed records, flew a group of students around the world on a dc-8, around the world speed record (just over 36 hours) with a Boeing SP (Neil Armstrong was aboard), technically time traveled, flew a dc-7 in a pylon air race (6th out of 20th), helped develop Aerial cinematography and more! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Lacy

  • @valeriawinklerova7430

    @valeriawinklerova7430

    5 ай бұрын

    my favourite plane is super guppy and your video is so cool!!!😃😃

  • @benmol_
    @benmol_10 ай бұрын

    There is one preserved in Toulouse, just outside the airbus facilities. The hinging front door / cockpit was also a problem during windy days. At (at least) one point the hinge broke from a gust of wind. They fixed the plane but never reinforced the mechanism: the hinge was used as a fuse not to break or bend the main structure of the fuselage if extreme forces were to be applied

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Awesome extra info! Thanks!

  • @NicolaW72

    @NicolaW72

    9 ай бұрын

    @@MentourNow One Super Guppy, which was preserved at the Airport of Bruntingthorpe in England, was unfortunately broken up and scrapped in December 2020 during the Pandemic. The remaining Super Guppy is preserved at the Airport of Hamburg-Finkenwerder, the Airbus Company Airport in Hamburg (Germany).

  • @jean-lucslr7022

    @jean-lucslr7022

    8 ай бұрын

    2 time.

  • @pizzablender

    @pizzablender

    7 ай бұрын

    That plane in Toulouse is part of the museum exhibition there, right? At least it was when I was visiting.

  • @NicolaW72

    @NicolaW72

    7 ай бұрын

    @@pizzablender Yes.

  • @billmullins6833
    @billmullins68339 ай бұрын

    My Dad was a truck driver most of my life. Back in the late 60s he used to haul Rocketdyne J-2 engines used on the upper stages of the Saturn V. The J-2s were just small enough to be hauled by truck. The 1st stage F-1s had to go by barge or Guppy.

  • @Matticitt
    @Matticitt10 ай бұрын

    It's so great one of the Guppys is still flying. And for NASA no less.

  • @stefanlaskowski6660

    @stefanlaskowski6660

    10 ай бұрын

    It's home based on El Paso, Texas, and I see it regularly from where I work, which is just east of El Paso International Airport.

  • @Hans-gb4mv

    @Hans-gb4mv

    10 ай бұрын

    Sometimes I feel like NASA is where legends go before retirement. The Guppy is not the only aircraft that got a last career at NASA, there have been others like the Tu-144.

  • @Matticitt

    @Matticitt

    9 ай бұрын

    @@stefanlaskowski6660 that's cool

  • @gearguy65

    @gearguy65

    9 ай бұрын

    N941NA in El Paso!

  • @Superminaren
    @Superminaren10 ай бұрын

    The day is great when a new mentour video comes out!

  • @blatherskite9601
    @blatherskite960110 ай бұрын

    My Parents flew to Nigeria for years in the Stratocruiser, operated by BOAC. Downstairs bar and freedom to wander about... how cool is that?

  • @North_West1
    @North_West110 ай бұрын

    "every Airbus is delivered on the wings of a Boeing”

  • @jean-lucslr7022

    @jean-lucslr7022

    8 ай бұрын

    yep !!

  • @thetowndrunk988
    @thetowndrunk98810 ай бұрын

    I love the passion you have for aviation, and for sharing your knowledge with all of us. It’s awesome when you love your work.

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much, it really is!

  • @colepepper0796
    @colepepper079610 ай бұрын

    I've had the pleasure of seeing the 4th Super Guppy fly and land at the Mesa Gateway airport here in AZ. Quite surreal to see something like that in the air!

  • @russellmillett5642
    @russellmillett56429 ай бұрын

    As a space nerd who's going to school for A&P license right now, the Guppy holds a special place in my heart! Fantastic video, loving the classic aircraft series

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    9 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @glenniz1

    @glenniz1

    9 ай бұрын

    I was a student at Northrup University 1979-1980. It was an amazing experience, and I enjoyed every moment I was there. I wish you all the best in school, and in your career as an A&P Mechanic, not many people get to do what they love, and get paid for it during their lifetime!

  • @Wtpat2
    @Wtpat210 ай бұрын

    Thanks for labouring on two great episodes for us this weekend Mentour Pilot/Now! Really enjoyed the Tulsa landing recap and the Super Guppy tales! It’s been a whale of a great set of stories!

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @Asp3ct_260
    @Asp3ct_26010 ай бұрын

    There is one at Toulouse. You can actually go insinde and I recommend the visit of the museum where you can also see two concorde

  • @Asp3ct_260
    @Asp3ct_26010 ай бұрын

    It is amazing how aviation evolved from the wright's brothers plane to WWI biplanes to huge piston engine planes and turboprops to finaly the planes we fly and love. Love the concept of reviewing a few commercial planes that marked history. Really makes me wonder what we will develope in the future.

  • @Wintermute909

    @Wintermute909

    10 ай бұрын

    It really is amazing, both world wars seem to have been big drivers of the leaps in aviation technology.

  • @NicolaW72

    @NicolaW72

    9 ай бұрын

    @@Wintermute909 Yes, probably and also in a way unfortunately.

  • @j3j326
    @j3j32610 ай бұрын

    When I travelled to the US in 2022 I went inside a superguppy and it was all so exciting. Nice to learn more about the Supper guppy and the stratocrusier. It’s a rather unique aircraft.

  • @davidnelson7407
    @davidnelson74079 ай бұрын

    I first saw a picture of a Guppy in a book about different airplanes. This was about 1974-75 when I was 9-10. I remember thinking that it was a really strange airplane. We lived on the island of Guam at the time, and our house was on a hill very close to the approach to GUM, Guam International Airport. One day I heard an airplane, I looked up and there was a Guppy coming in for a landing. It was very strange to see an airplane, which seemed to have miniature wings, able to fly. I don't know if it was a Guppy or Super Guppy, I was just excited to see it. Thanks for the history of it.

  • @sanandaallsgood673
    @sanandaallsgood67310 ай бұрын

    The Guppy used to fly from Long Beach, California quite frequently and passed right over my house. I saw it many times and thought it was the most bizarre plane I'd ever seen! LOL. With Douglas Aircraft Co. based in Long Beach, I saw plenty of flights of Douglas aircraft being tested and flown, along with scheduled airline flights like PSA, Western and others.

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @FlagstaffChief
    @FlagstaffChief10 ай бұрын

    I was thrilled to see this video. Was stationed at Mather AFB in Sacramento, CA, for navigator training in 1965 and 1966. I can remember seeing the Pregnant Guppy flying nearby, possibly coming into or out of JPL. 9:55

  • @bean3550
    @bean355010 ай бұрын

    One of the strangest and most fascinating planes ever built!!!

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Absolutely!

  • @NicolaW72

    @NicolaW72

    9 ай бұрын

    Indeed, exactly.

  • @PasleyAviationPhotography
    @PasleyAviationPhotography10 ай бұрын

    This is by far one of my favorite mentor (now or pilot) videos. Please keep them coming!

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you! I really loved this one as well

  • @mrxmry3264
    @mrxmry326410 ай бұрын

    19:30 hey wow, an amiga 1000. i had one of those, back in the 80s. yes, i'm old :-(

  • @arasb3258

    @arasb3258

    10 ай бұрын

    And it apears to be still running? That's super cool!

  • @volvo09

    @volvo09

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@arasb3258it's just a visual affect... But there are vintage PC collectors, you can still find amigas.

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    I had the 1200!

  • @ThatBoomerDude56
    @ThatBoomerDude5610 ай бұрын

    Dad knew one of the flight test engineers who was killed in the crash of the Mini Guppy. The thing became unstable and went into a roll on takeoff. I don't know the reason. I would guess that low airspeed was involved.

  • @The_Angry_Medic
    @The_Angry_Medic10 ай бұрын

    If there's one thing I miss about living in Houston, it was seeing the guppy fly numerous times in and out of KEFD. Well that, and all the other cool NASA stuff

  • @makingbiscuits24-7

    @makingbiscuits24-7

    10 ай бұрын

    It never gets old seeing it parked at Ellington. She's a beauty.

  • @The_Angry_Medic

    @The_Angry_Medic

    10 ай бұрын

    @@makingbiscuits24-7 I moved to California last year, and thought it was awesome that I drove by Edwards and Mojave. Then I realized it was the day before SOFIA's retirement flight 🤦🏼‍♂️

  • @makingbiscuits24-7

    @makingbiscuits24-7

    10 ай бұрын

    @@The_Angry_Medic Bummer. It was sad news when I heard she was being retired. Such a neat design. I'm feeling nostalgic now. I need to take a drive by Ellington, Space Center Houston, and JSC soon.

  • @Raphtalia
    @Raphtalia10 ай бұрын

    I like how aircraft is like puzzle ... getting all the parts from different aircraft XD

  • @JonathanEzor
    @JonathanEzor10 ай бұрын

    Petter, thank you! I've always loved these aircraft, but hadn't heard their full history. Everytime I see one, I smile as widely as does Airbus' Beluga XL!

  • @leebiggs2844
    @leebiggs284410 ай бұрын

    I've been in the mini-guppy, it's currently on display at the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook Oregon. That museum is the site of an old US Navy blimp patrol station and hangar.

  • @NicolaW72

    @NicolaW72

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much for this information!🙂👍

  • @pecan11
    @pecan119 ай бұрын

    i used to live about 2 miles from Nasa in Clear Lake TX and we used to see the guppy flying at times landing at Ellington Field. i remember the first time i saw it and did a double take and thought , “What the hell is that!” after finding out i looked up all the documentaries on this funny little plane and enjoyed watching it for years until i moved out of Houston. it really stands out while flying!

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    9 ай бұрын

    I'm sure it does!

  • @michaelosgood9876
    @michaelosgood98769 ай бұрын

    Was a fan of the Guppy as a young fella in the mid 70s. A few aircraft library books had a right side view of this aircraft. Looks so graceful despite its massive size

  • @RobertoSunga
    @RobertoSunga9 ай бұрын

    I can almost park my car next to it at the El Paso International Airport but I've only seen it flying around the city a couple times.

  • @mihaimarinescu7022
    @mihaimarinescu702210 ай бұрын

    You can see a Super-Guppy at the Aeroscopia museum in Toulouse, France next to the Airbus factory, you need at least half a day to visit the museum and if the factory is open to visitors, I'd say you'd need another half to visit it. We only had 2 hours to visit the Aeroscopia museum where we also saw a Concorde and an A380.

  • @NicolaW72

    @NicolaW72

    9 ай бұрын

    Another one is preserved at the Airbus Company Airport in Hamburg-Finkenwerder in Germany. A third one, which was preserved at the Airport of Bruntingthorpe in England, was unfortunately broken up and scrapped in December 2020 during the Pandemic. Number Four is still flying, now for the NASA.

  • @willykang1293
    @willykang129310 ай бұрын

    I went to Oshkosh to attend AirVenture 2023 end of July and there’s a super Guppy showed up in that big square right there. That one must be the fourth one still flying you said so. There’s a lead engineer also told me there’re four of them. He looks like Maxican by the way🤔, should be Maxican American. That Super Guppy also flew up around Wittman airport afterwards, and I took some shots. Thanks Petter for more stories about these Super Guppy.

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    I would have loved to see it!

  • @willykang1293

    @willykang1293

    10 ай бұрын

    @@MentourNow you’ll absolutely see it at least once in your career.🙂

  • @matthewtemprell5422
    @matthewtemprell54229 ай бұрын

    Its such a shame the one that was at bruntingtorpe England was broken up and only the cockpit survived. I remember being amazed by it as a kid and climbing on board.

  • @NicolaW72

    @NicolaW72

    9 ай бұрын

    👍

  • @JohnHughesChampigny

    @JohnHughesChampigny

    9 ай бұрын

    The English are barbarians.

  • @charlesmoss8119
    @charlesmoss811910 ай бұрын

    Good grief what a superb video - awesome - thanks to all who helped put this together

  • @danharold3087
    @danharold308710 ай бұрын

    I always enjoy hearing about these planes. Great video.

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it! 💕✈️

  • @missaisohee
    @missaisohee10 ай бұрын

    i don't work in the aviation industry, i don't even fly that much but i loooove nerding about planes on this channel

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    That's what we do!

  • @Raminagrobisfr
    @Raminagrobisfr10 ай бұрын

    It's impressive that this was a b-29 derivative and flought productively to our days. The b-29 spawn a suprising variety of aircraft. Its offsprings even include a chinese AWACS (KJ-1)

  • @DAWesome_
    @DAWesome_10 ай бұрын

    I had no idea how essential the Guppies were to NASA. I'll have to ask my grandfather about this!

  • @avrohomz4582
    @avrohomz45829 ай бұрын

    This is so fascinating. Besides for the still operational guppy including a major component that flew parts for previous space programs, that part has got to be at least close to 70 years old.

  • @blatherskite9601
    @blatherskite960110 ай бұрын

    Excellent, and rivetting, story, Petter. I really enjoyed that, and some connection to family history, too!

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it! 💕💕✈️

  • @playlist9y
    @playlist9y9 ай бұрын

    Before the Belugas, the old joke was that 'every Airbus flew it's first flight on Boeing wings', as the fuselage and wing assemblies were flown to the factory in Toulouse/Hamburg for final assembly using Boeing Stratocruiser-based Super-Guppy turbines. The passenger Stratocruiser version had to be used as the basis, because the Stratofreighter (KC-97 Military Version) had a rear cargo door cut out, and as a result had insufficient strength to support the required Guppy structural modifications.

  • @jimbeckettplay
    @jimbeckettplay9 ай бұрын

    When I saw the photo of that Erickson Air Crane plane, it occurred to me that you might want to someday go off on a tangent, and investigate that company's operations. Not only did they use their helicopters for cranes in very specialized jobs, but they also used those helicopters for precision logging. They used to be a customer of mine. It was an impressive operation to see in full swing.

  • @XabzintheNBAGuru
    @XabzintheNBAGuru10 ай бұрын

    Mentour Pilot and Mentour now are goats

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    💕💕💕😎

  • @PhoenixStrykers
    @PhoenixStrykers10 ай бұрын

    I have been a big fan of the Super Guppy and Airbus Beluga for quite a while now. I even have a model of the 2nd Beluga XL sitting on my flight simulator. But thanks to you, I have even more respect for the two fleets.

  • @leosimons77
    @leosimons779 ай бұрын

    Wow. I’m extremely happy you have finally made a mini documentary about it. I have the 1st Super Guppy Turbine (SGT1 for Airbus) in my local aviation museum in Wales. I have been in her over 35 times now and I always discover something new. The second one in Aeroscopia is a perfect condition one and felt like a time capsule! Truly an outstanding aircraft and I’m so glad to see someone’s made a video on it!

  • @h.dejong2531

    @h.dejong2531

    9 ай бұрын

    Where's that museum in Wales? I'd like to visit someday.

  • @leosimons77

    @leosimons77

    8 ай бұрын

    @@h.dejong2531 Hi it’s called South Wales Aviation Museum (SWAM) in St Athan near Cardiff Airport!

  • @paulsmodels
    @paulsmodels9 ай бұрын

    When I was a kid growing up in Southern California, Van Nuys National guard and airport was just south of us, and were under the landing path for anything that landed there. In addition to all the cool military planes we saw, the Guppy would fly over us at times. It was an incredable thing to see.

  • @hrothgar014
    @hrothgar0149 ай бұрын

    Boeing used to needle Airbus by saying, “Every Airbus was delivered on the wings of a Boeing.”

  • @jamespettit1792
    @jamespettit17929 ай бұрын

    Was fun to see them flying over Santa Barbara back in the day.

  • @IsurvivedAntiochCA
    @IsurvivedAntiochCA7 ай бұрын

    I worked and lived in Charleston county, SC for seven years. The plant that builds the 787 dream liners in located there. I never got tired of seeing the Dreamlifter flying in an out of the adjacent airport. Kind of a spiritual successor I feel.

  • @anand-menon
    @anand-menon10 ай бұрын

    Thanks Petter. Nothing like a bit of aviation history to understand how we got to where we are now.

  • @williamcosgrove1558
    @williamcosgrove155810 ай бұрын

    It’s great to see and learn the history of the Super Guppy that we see fly around Kennedy Space Center. Keep up the amazing work!

  • @roqua
    @roqua2 ай бұрын

    11:40 Wonderful look back at the birth of the "Guppy" type logistics aircraft. Great job, as usual. Also, "disensemble" may be a new favorite word of the week. Keep coining those Petter-isms, and we'll keep watching! :)

  • @cverlo
    @cverlo10 ай бұрын

    The last superguppy's registration, N941NA is a 2001 reference; the dimensions of the Monolith are 9-4-1 (the squares of 3, 2, 1).

  • @piratetype
    @piratetype10 ай бұрын

    We had a house near Ellington Field in Houston when I was a kid. I remember seeing the Super Guppy flew over the house on several occasions!

  • @lindens4044
    @lindens404410 ай бұрын

    The Super Guppy 4 sounds like the Airplane of Theseus

  • @theanimaster
    @theanimaster10 ай бұрын

    4:56 That overlay is hilarious. Eek-eek EEEEEK!

  • @North_West1
    @North_West110 ай бұрын

    If you’re ever near Tucson, Arizona, USA; head over to the boneyard to see a Guppy. Pima Air & Space Museum

  • @jasonmurdoch9936
    @jasonmurdoch993610 ай бұрын

    Once again you came through with an awesome video

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much! 😀

  • @luislealsantos
    @luislealsantos9 ай бұрын

    MENTOUR,an encyclopedia of knowledge not just aviation but a lot about human behaviour. Thanks for your hard work. It has/is very useful in my daily life. Changed my approaches to safety and team management.

  • @johnkelley9877
    @johnkelley98779 ай бұрын

    The Super Guppy aircraft were always so fascinating to look at and see fly. This was a great tutorial and I always look forward to another one since you started this series on the aircraft themselves. Thanks for sharing this neat story.

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    9 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @danielelindsey2213
    @danielelindsey22138 ай бұрын

    Wow, I had no idea all these flying fish existed. Very interesting, informative, and as always, well written and narrated. Thank you.

  • @brianalberico9171
    @brianalberico91719 ай бұрын

    I got the opportunity to see and touch that last guppy at an air show a year or two ago. They've always been one of my favorites since I was a kid.

  • @Wargasm54
    @Wargasm549 ай бұрын

    Aside from the Super Guppy, the Antonov with 6 engines and the 747 with the space shuttle attached are the weirdest planes I’ve ever seen in person.

  • @chomp54321
    @chomp5432110 ай бұрын

    Another fascinating story and epic story telling. Thanks!

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it! This was really fun to research

  • @kdrapertrucker
    @kdrapertrucker10 ай бұрын

    Now Boeing operates "guppied" 747s to transport 787 parts worldwide. The 747LCF dreamlifter.

  • @NicolaW72

    @NicolaW72

    9 ай бұрын

    Indeed.

  • @peteorengo5888
    @peteorengo588810 ай бұрын

    Another great video! I’m a big fan if the Super Guppy and own a small piece of skin of the #1 airplane that was made into an aviation tag. It is also the first model I bought for my 1:400 airplane collection.

  • @markedis5902
    @markedis590210 ай бұрын

    Would love a deep dive on Jack Conroy

  • @NicolaW72

    @NicolaW72

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes!👍

  • @JohnnyWednesday
    @JohnnyWednesday10 ай бұрын

    One of the greatest aircraft documentaries of all time is "Flying through Time" and it speaks very highly of the Guppy and the Beluga. Shame we can't have a modern automated mating system on a plane like the guppy. With today's technology? the design is just pure weight saving.

  • @ThatBoomerDude56
    @ThatBoomerDude5610 ай бұрын

    When I was a kid, *I watched a Guppy* take off out of San Diego regularly carrying DC-10 fuselage sections from Convair up to Douglas in Long Beach. Dad worked for Convair and led a team to redesign the DC-10 forward wheel because Douglas screwed up the design.

  • @gop4usa12
    @gop4usa129 ай бұрын

    That mini guppy with the name "Erickson" is sitting at the Tillamook, OR air museum. And there is public access to the interior of it.

  • @nataliehilton9334
    @nataliehilton933410 ай бұрын

    I actually saw one of the Super Guppy planes land at Manchester Airport in 2019. It was a very unusual sight to see that day, as I'd only seen pictures of them.

  • @seanmcerlean
    @seanmcerlean10 ай бұрын

    Hell of a story. Takk så mycket Petter.😊😊😊

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Glad you liked it! It’s one of my favorites

  • @Arthur3148
    @Arthur31489 ай бұрын

    I lived in Toulouse as a student and the sight of the Belugas going down to or out from Blagnac Airport where the main Airbus assembly factory is was always amazing. I didn't know Airbus first used the Guppies, that was an interesting video.

  • @chrisbentleywalkingandrambling
    @chrisbentleywalkingandrambling10 ай бұрын

    I loved the history behind this Guppy. The fact that a man goes from his last borrowed dollar to a successful company is amazing. Doesn't Kelsey from 74Gear occasionally fly these Belugas? Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed this one.

  • @junrenong8576

    @junrenong8576

    9 ай бұрын

    Kelsea I think fly the Boeing Dreamlifter, derived from 747-400. Airbus Beluga was derived from A300, and the sister Beluga XL was derived from A330.

  • @NicolaW72

    @NicolaW72

    9 ай бұрын

    @@junrenong8576 Indeed, exactly.

  • @tigertiger1699
    @tigertiger169910 ай бұрын

    Absolutely love aviation 👍🙏

  • @B2BWide
    @B2BWide9 ай бұрын

    I knew that the Guppies are extremely interesting planes but I never dared to think they are THIS amazing! Thank you, Petter-the story is great but it is even greater as it is told. Thanks for your team, too-your videos are getting better and better!

  • @jaywatson7286
    @jaywatson72869 ай бұрын

    Aero Spacelines still had an 377 cockpit and nose section on site in the Mid 80s, when they were converting PanAm DC-10s to United configuration. The cockpit even had its sealed toilet with the sign "You use it, you clean it!"

  • @barbarawilcox182
    @barbarawilcox1829 ай бұрын

    So happy as a history nerd to have these great videos on commercial-aviation history and the evolution of these iconic aircraft.

  • @Jerry10939
    @Jerry109398 ай бұрын

    I remember as a child back in the late 60s hearing a prop plane above, it was the Guppy. I thought that was one weird looking airplane. I lived in San Diego Ca. Which I believe at the time was still a major aerospace manufacturing center.

  • @firerose7936
    @firerose79369 ай бұрын

    I got to tour an Airbus assembly plant in Germany in '96, and got to see a super guppy up close! They're amazing!

  • @CommomsenseSmith
    @CommomsenseSmith10 ай бұрын

    I have seen a super-guppy at NASA in FL and there is also a museum Fantasy of Flight, they have a Lockheed Constellation in static display. Both really cool aircraft.

  • @Stigbishops
    @Stigbishops23 күн бұрын

    One of the most interesting videos you've ever made! I love the appearance of super guppy and belugas! They're unique and beautiful in their own bizarre way.

  • @leonkibet4587
    @leonkibet45879 ай бұрын

    Thanks Mentour for a very informative piece! And I love how passionate you are

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @Saml01
    @Saml019 ай бұрын

    Super interesting history and it answered my biggest question. How they maintained the continuity of the flight controls with the door. Its true what they say, sometimes the simplest solution is the right one.

  • @mbvoelker8448
    @mbvoelker844810 ай бұрын

    IIRC, from a documentary I once saw, part of the impetus for the development of the Beluga was an ad bragging that "Every Airbus takes its first flight on a Boeing."

  • @adamfrazer5150
    @adamfrazer51509 ай бұрын

    ...🤤 and a Universal Soldier reference ? I don't know what my own diagram looks like, but apparently it connects right here 😎👍

  • @markedis5902
    @markedis590210 ай бұрын

    Another deep dive that would be interesting would be BEA. Also my great uncle was the artist who designed the BOAC logo referred to as the BOAC arrow. The BEA offices were in line with the runway at Northolt (then London) Airport and had tire tracks on the flat roof where pilots had come in a bit low. My mother worked there in the 1950s.

  • @marclederman6206
    @marclederman62069 ай бұрын

    This is a great story! Thanks for bringing this out. Continue to enjoy the Mentour Pilot channel. Keep up the great work! 😊

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Will do!

  • @JohnSmithShields
    @JohnSmithShields10 ай бұрын

    Another beautiful aircraft, but in a very different way.

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Indeed!

  • @picobyte
    @picobyte9 ай бұрын

    I've been inside it for full tour. The space inside is just jawdropping.

  • @TacticaLLR
    @TacticaLLR10 ай бұрын

    I really like the super guppy, great vid!

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @NicolaW72
    @NicolaW729 ай бұрын

    I saw these Aircrafts often until the late 1990ies - they often approached Hamburg-Finkenwerder and Bremen, where large production sites of Airbus were and are located. Thank you very much for this amazing Story!😃🧡👍

  • @MentourNow

    @MentourNow

    9 ай бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @NicolaW72

    @NicolaW72

    9 ай бұрын

    @@MentourNow 😃👍

  • @vrettos99
    @vrettos9910 ай бұрын

    The nasa guppy is serviced regularly at an airport like 1 mile from my house. See that beaut at least 2 times a month in the hangar

  • @vrettos99

    @vrettos99

    10 ай бұрын

    The local school district gets to send teachers and students onto it every year so they can experience simulated zero gravity

  • @aregularperson7573
    @aregularperson757310 ай бұрын

    I have seen the super guppy at EAA this year for the first time they are big

  • @jjtheone1232
    @jjtheone123210 ай бұрын

    You should do a deep dive on the Belugas! They're amazing aircraft!

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