Pic of the week game

[Redman]

ew.. ew... guessing.
Custom made for the weightlessness training.....

[Burque73]

ew.. ew... guessing.
Custom made for the weightlessness training.....

Vomit comet...

[wacky941]

That is the only flying Super Guppy. There were only five ever built. There are two versions of the Super Guppy, the SG and the SGT. The first one built was an SG (Super Guppy) and really was the only one of its kind. After the first one was built, they made lots of changes and built what was called the SGT (Super Guppy Turbine) of which there were four of that type built. Together they are all referred to as Super Guppys.



Of the last four built, the one posing with my bike is number four, the last Super Guppy and the last in the family of Guppy’s ever built.
The Super Guppy was also kind enough to pose with an MG Midget that I previously owned:


The plane itself is a cargo hauler. As can be seen in the first photo, the whole nose hinges and opens like a giant barn door to the left to allow cargo to be loaded. It’s a sight to see.

There’s a whole bunch of info about it and the whole Guppy family at this website; www.allaboutguppys.com

I've got lots more pictures of it but they’re on my Mac. I have some showing the cargo being loaded too.

[marvinsc]

IMG_5028 by Scott Marvin, on Flickr

[wacky941]

Forgot to add, nope, definitely not the Vomit Comet.
The Vomit Comet was a KC-135A and later a DC-9 was used for that purpose.
Just a little info to share, again on my Mac I have pictures of the Vomit Comet, even some with my bike. The Vomit Comet that is now a gate guard at Ellington Field is the KC-135 that they used to film all of the weightless scenes for the movie Apollo 13.

[Burque73]

Hey Mr Roger Burque
THere is a F100 on static display kinda near you, at USS Bullhead park.
https://friendsofthesupersabre.org/f-100a-53-1532/.

I'll have to go check it out. It's about six miles from my house. I should remember that display since my kids had soccer tournaments at that park. I was a referee and was always very busy, sometimes doing three or four games per day either as a center or assistant ref. All four of our kids played at different times, in different locations every Saturday. Man, I'm glad those days are behind us.

[Redman]

That is the only flying Super Guppy.
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Thanks

[Burque73]

Ha, in conjunction with this week's theme guess what today is in the US.

National Paper Airplane Day!

Yea, it's a thing...

[Burque73]

Not sure if anyone saw that, but I thought this was Friday and summed up this week's entries. My wife just woke up and said you guys do that on Thursday now?Oops �� I quickly deleted the post.

[Baatfam]

Not sure if anyone saw that, but I thought this was Friday and summed up this week's entries. My wife just woke up and said you guys do that on Thursday now?Oops �� I quickly deleted the post.

LOL....Not the first time that has happened...

[Burque73]

Kinda like that song from Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet, It's Friday somewhere.

That's how I feel today. The holiday sure messed with me this week. Not to mention I've been on Covid time for two months where every day's the same.

[kerrfunk]

Not sure if anyone saw that, but I thought this was Friday and summed up this week's entries. My wife just woke up and said you guys do that on Thursday now?Oops 🤭 I quickly deleted the post.

I like knowing that mine is not the only GSRspouse involved in this
My wife helps me pick what picture to post, and which one of you to vote for.

Here's my not submission: (click picture to view larger)


and, without moving the bike, we go back almost seventy years for my actual aviation submission:


This information I stole from somebody else's website:

This jet, 51-6078, an F-86D-30 was delivered to the USAF on September 17, 1953 and was assigned to 83rd FIS at Paine AFB in Washington. On August 11, 1954 it was sent to McClellan AFB and converted to an F-86D-31. Its next assignment was to the 31st FIS at Larson AFB in Washington on November 28, 1954. Then reassigned again to the 322nd FIS on August 18, 1955. On September 6, 1955 the jet was again returned to McClellan AFB and converted into an F-86L. On August 7, 1957 the aircraft was assigned to 3550th Combat Crew Training Wing at Moody AFB in Georgia. When retired it flew to Wright Patterson AFB on November 1, 1960 and was donated to the town of Milton, West Virginia on December 28, 1960 for display at a roadside memorial park.

This roadside memorial park is half a mile from my new townhouse.

[Redman]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . but I thought this was Friday . . . . . . .

I thought it was retired guys that have difficulty keeping track of what day it is.

Hey, Rog, thanks for being willing to do the summary for us all.

I have shown wife the summary of pictures before, thinking she might be interested, or at least share some involvement. She said "any pictures other than motorcycles?"

[Baatfam]

And Friday morning it is....voting day.
First the theme by trevor:

This week's theme is "Aviation"...

OK...That should be it. 10 entries, so all in one post.
As always, if anything is missing or incorrect, please let us know.

Don't forget to vote!

[Rich82GS750TZ]

voting for Roger Burque73, 'cause that goofy hot air balloon makes me smile every time I scroll past it.