Super Guppy

A Photo Story
On Tuesday, August 27th 1996 an Airbus Super-Guppy landed on the former airforce base Neubiberg in the south of Munich, Germany. Its mission was carrying an Airbus A330/A340 middle fuselage section back to Airbus in Toulouse, France. The fuselage section with the complete wing was in Munich for fatigue tests.
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Final landing approach.

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Super-Guppy taxis along the runway. 

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Super-Guppy stops at its parking position. 

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The aircraft from the left in the evening. 

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The nose door opens for loading. 

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The nose is locked in a right angle to the fuselage.

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Super-Guppy with opened nose door from behind. 

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The cargo in front of the aircraft. 

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The cargo: an A330/A340
middle fuselage section. 

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Two mobile cranes lift the cargo ... 

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... on the loading ramp. 

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The cargo on the loading ramp ... 

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... slowly enters the cargo bay. 

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The whole scenery ... 

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... from the front. 

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The whole scenery from the right. 

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The loading procedure from the back. 

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Super-Guppy ready for take off. 

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The nose door closes when the cargo is on board. 

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Close up of the aircraft nose with cockpit. 

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Background Information
Guppy technical data

A 300-600ST Beluga
for more Guppy information go to All About Guppys (revised)
 
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