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Photo taken by Klaus Held, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this pae.

München-Riem
September 1967

N1037V "Spirit of Santa Barbara"
Aero Spacelines 377MG Mini-Guppy
15937
Aero Spacelines

Aero Spacelines‘ Mini-Guppy came to Riem to pick up rocket parts for Australia. It arrived on 6 September 1967 in the late afternoon and left on 8 September 1967. Here the aircraft had been moved out of the Lufthansa hangar and parked on the ramp for the night. This was the only visit of the type to Munich-Riem.

The first flight of the former Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser as a 377MG Mini-Guppy had only taken place on 24 May 1967, just four months prior to this photo.

Information from 1000aircraftphotos.com and goodall.com.au:
Registered as N1037V this Stratocruiser first flew as a Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser on August 11, 1949 and was delivered to Pan American Airways on September 8, 1949, being named "Clipper Fleetwing". In 1960 it was withdrawn from service and sold to Boeing on August 4.

In 1963 it was acquired by Aero Spacelines and converted into the sole Mini-Guppy (also using parts from B377 N106Q c/n 15967). Being flown for the first time on May 24, 1967, it was subsequently sold to American Jet Industries and registered N422AJ in 1974, while in October 1981 it was registered to Aero Union as N422AU.

The last operator was Erickson Air Crane who bought the Mini-Guppy in 1989 and used it till 1995. Today, the last surviving piston-powered Guppy is on display at Tillamook Air Museum, Oregon.

The Tillamook Air Museum’s Mini-Guppy page:
www.tillamookair.com/aerospacelines-mini-guppy

Information on Mini-Guppy including many photos:
www.allaboutguppys.com/mg/377mgf.htm

Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=697958

N1037V as a Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser with PAA at BRU in 1957 (earlier colours):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/3/8/5/1277583.jpg

N1037V as a Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser with PAA ca. late 1950s (later colours):
www.allaboutguppys.com/mg/b377.jpg

Colour shot of N1037V as a 377MG Mini-Guppy with Aero Spacelines in February 1968:
www.aussieairliners.org/Miscellaneous/Guppy/1950.125l.jpg

N1037V with American Jet at VNY in June 1977 (basic Aero Spaceline colours):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/7/5/7/0829757.jpg

This airframe as N422AJ with American Jet Industries at STN in June 1981 (all silver):
www.flickr.com/photos/billatkinson2/22760943121

This airframe as N422AU with Aero Union at CIC in May 1984:
www.airhistory.net/photo/267962/N422AU

N422AU with Erickson Air Crane at YYF in 1990:
www.planepictures.net/a/86/47/1249094726.jpg

N422AU with Tillamook Air Museum titles on starboard side at Tillamook, Oregon, in September 2015:
www.airhistory.net/photo/498002/N422AU

Scan from black and white print.

Taken on: September 1, 1967

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