In November 2019, NASA's Super Guppy arrived at Mansfield Lahm Airport with the Orion spacecraft for Artemis I aboard. [Credit: NASA/Bridget Caswell]
Key Takeaways:
The NASA Super Guppy will not be able to attend EAA AirVenture due to damage sustained during recent severe weather.
While a crew is diligently working on repairs, the specific details of the damage have not been publicly disclosed.
The Super Guppy is a unique cargo hauler, designed in the 1960s to transport oversized loads like Saturn V rocket sections, and is known for being challenging to fly.
There’s sad news for Super Guppy fans. The unique, last-of-its-kind cargo hauler will not be able to appear at EAA AirVenture on July 20-26.
“The NASA Super Guppy was damaged in recent severe weather and will not be able to attend#OSH26,” the EAA said in a social media post. “A crew is working diligently to repair the damage, and we hope to see it back in Oshkosh soon!”
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
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