Dates

Event

Constructed as a KC-97G-26-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

Circa 1952

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-2693.

Converted to a YC-97J.

Photographer: Unknown

Transferred to Pratt and Whitney.
Used by Pratt and Whitney as a flying test bed for the YT34-P-5.

Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CH0626.

To Aero Spacelines.

Converted to a 377SGT by Aero Spacelines.
This was the second Guppy built and the first Super Guppy. 52-2693 contributed the wings, engines and forward fuselage. Components from 52-2762 and a former Pan American Airways 377 were also used.

From Circa 1970 to 1991

Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 940.

29 December 1970

Certificate of airworthiness for N940NS {2} (377 SG, 15938) issued.

By 29 December 1970

Assigned civil registration: N940NS {2}

29 December 1970

Certificate of airworthiness for NX940NS {2} (377 SG, 15938) issued.

3 July 1979

To National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX keeping c/r N940NS {2}.

29 October 1979

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Boeing Guppy of NASA as seen at Kelly AFB in October 1979.

To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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Circa 1996

Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: At the Pima Air and Space Museum, Arizona.

16 October 2000

Photographer: Tom Tessier
Notes: At Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

25 November 2005

Photographer: John Meneely

9 September 2011

Photographer: Mike Henniger

July 2014

Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

July 2014

Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

10 January 2018

Civil registration, N940NS {2}, cancelled.