Colossal Guppy - B-52

[Orionblamblam]

Imagine the Daisy Cutters it could carry...

 

[joncarrfarrelly]

Uurrggh...and people say the 747 LCF is ugly.

I have to wonder if adding another engines/pylon assembly to each wing would have been as easy as the blurb implies.

Cheers, Jon

 

[frank]

Considering the extra engines appear to be added at the joint of what appears to be a new wing center section & original B-52 wing root, I doubt it would be a problem.

Uurrggh...and people say the 747 LCF is ugly.

I have to wonder if adding another engines/pylon assembly to each wing would have been as easy as the blurb implies.

Cheers, Jon

 

[Jemiba]

Structurally a similar modification, as the one from the An-124 to the -225, I think .

 

[Caravellarella]

Re: Aero Spacelines Colossal Guppy B-52 project......

Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article in French describing the Aero Spacelines Colossal Guppy conversion of a Boeing B-52 bomber; it remained a "project"......

The article comes from the 15th July 1967 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[RanulfC]

Scott wrote:
"Imagine the Daisy Cutters it could carry..."

Now sit down and "imagine" HOW you'd drop it since the entire front of the plane has to hinge-around to expose the cargo

Little nit-picky things like that just ruin a good idea

Randy

 

[OM]

...We're getting closer and closer to seeing one of these:

 

[Triton]

From Skrzydlata Polska, również z 1979 r.

Source:
http://lotnictwo.net.pl/3-tematy_ogolne/13-lotnictwo_cywilne/67925-futurystyczne_projekty_samolotow_pasazerskich-3.html