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List of preserved Aero Spacelines aircraft

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This article is a list of aircraft that were manufactured by the Aero Spacelines and are in preservation.

Currently preserved

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Mini Guppy

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Aircraft Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref.
N422AU 1967 May 24, 1967 1995 Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon On static display [1]

Super Guppy

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Aircraft Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref.
N940NS/N1038V 1965 August 31, 1965 1990 NASA Pima Air and Space Museum at Pima County, Arizona On static display [2]

Super Guppy Turbine

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Aircraft Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref.
F-BPPA/N212AS 1972 October 24, 1972 March 15, 1996 Airbus facility, Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, Occitania, France On static display [3]
F-GDSG 1982 July 1, 1982 October 16, 1997 Airbus Industries Airbus facility, Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport, Hamburg, Germany On static display [citation needed]
N941NA/F-GEAI 1965 August 31, 1965 1990 NASA Pima Air and Space Museum at Pima County, Arizona On static display [4]

Formerly preserved, scrapped

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Super Guppy Turbine

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Aircraft Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Last seen Scrap date Cause of scrapping Notes Ref.
F-BTGV/N211AS 1970 August 24, 1970 1996 Airbus Skylink Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom December 2020 Aging airframe Cockpit was saved by the South Wales Aviation Museum. [5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Mini-Guppy". Tillamook Air Museum. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  2. ^ "Super Guppy". Pima Air & Space Museum. Archived from the original on May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  3. ^ "Aero Spacelines Super Guppy SGT 201". Musée Aeronautique Aeroscopia. Archived from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  4. ^ Gray, Robert (August 4, 2011). "After shuttle, NASA's plans for El Paso". El Paso Inc. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
  5. ^ Valduga, Fernando (December 20, 2020). "Primeiro Super Guppy da Airbus começa a virar sucata". Cavok (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Turbines Story!". Aviationtag (in German). 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2024-03-23.