Eoka Pistol on Nostr: Funny enough the origin story of the Guppys is something akin to one of your dream ...
Funny enough the origin story of the Guppys is something akin to one of your dream architecture projects.
Basically Boeing has the B29 but outside of a nuclear payload it's not great for transport, airforce wants a fuel and cargo plane so the wings and engines are adapted to the make the C97 Stratofreighter family but then NASA decides even that isn't big enough so the Pregnant Guppy is made , they like it end up making the super guppy and turbine version which are even longer and carry even more due to being able to actually support the mass with the engines
Basically Boeing has the B29 but outside of a nuclear payload it's not great for transport, airforce wants a fuel and cargo plane so the wings and engines are adapted to the make the C97 Stratofreighter family but then NASA decides even that isn't big enough so the Pregnant Guppy is made , they like it end up making the super guppy and turbine version which are even longer and carry even more due to being able to actually support the mass with the engines