INDEX
	Line number	15938
	Variant
	Built
	Registry	N1038V, N940NS
	Engines	Turboprop Pratt & Whitney T34-7WA
	Loading	Nose opener
	Features	8' floor width
	From	15938 - Cockpit, wings, tail, main landing gear
		YC-97J SN 52-2693 (16724) Previously converted from KC-97G C-97 Flight Hours: 8090 - wing parts and nacelles
		15944 - unspecified parts
		15945 - unspecified parts
		707 (unspecified) - front landing gear (rotated 180 degrees)
		Built by On Mark Engineering Van Nuys, CA First flight  31 Aug 1965
		Originally called the "Very Pregnant Guppy"
		Public Aircraft
		The Super Guppy basic airframe was from the YC-97J SN 52-2693 (16724) But some parts from cn15938 was used to retain the civilian registration. This was done because it would hae been extrremely expensive to certify the military YC97J airframe
		25 Sept 65 Upper front fuselage caved in at speed of 275mph during testing
		29 Dec 1970 Certificate of airworthiness for N940NS {2} (377 SG, 15938) issued.
		3 Jul 1979 To National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX keeping c/r N940NS {2}.
		Certificate of airworthiness for NX940NS {2} (377 SG, 15938) issued.
		To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
		1999 Damage to outer left wing by forklift. Repaired