Super Guppy Walkaround Documentary

By far one of the best walk through and talk through I have seen for any aircraft aside from going through a ground school for a type rating!!! Great job to all the NASA crew at Ellington and to you Erik Johnson for taking the time to document all of this! Wow…what a dinosaur that old bird is to maintain. Thank you again!

Oh wow, I know what I'll be doing the next 2,5 hours 🥳

Before the Dreamlifter & Airbus Beluga there was the Supper Guppy. This plane is a legend. Great to see it still in use. It is a rare aircraft.

Erik....never stop doing videos like this! I want to see every aircraft of the world with this level of detail.

Amazing plane that should be preserved forever. I love it!!!

Really interesting and engaging, big thanks. Iconic aircraft. Can't beat old school engineering.

now i got my answer. all these while i was wondering what happened to all those cables and hyd lines when the guppy nose is in opened position. pls keep the super guppy flying. the last and the only one. an awesome piece of aviation engineering. awesome work, gents!

Your standard 18 wheeler has a payload of 42-45k lbs, this is an amazing machine!

Man this walk thru brings a lot of memories of when I work for Aero Space lines / Tracor aviation I work on the last two aircraft. The wings and the nose section along with the tail section were refurbished in Goleta, California. the center section that the wings mount too was a new assembly all done in Goleta. then flown to Air Bus in France. The crew I work with assembled new engine nacelles all out of stainless steel. We also installed them on the wings. I hand made most of the removable access panels used on the engine nacelles. Its nice to see NASA keep it flying...

I’ve watched a number of these walk-arounds now and I’m always amazed at the in-depth, up-close look at the aircraft and systems. Unfortunately, many of the tour guides, whatever their relationship with the aircraft, are not always articulate or well-spoken. (Hey, I get it. They’re doing their best, and to be fair it’s not their day job.) This gentleman however, is both very knowledgeable, and also well-spoken and articulate. A natural “explainer” and teacher. Very enjoyable. Well done!

Growing up on Edwards AFB it was always amazing to see this bird when it came in and left.

I am in awe of the accumulated experience, knowledge, skill and ability among the small group of men who keep this aircraft preforming its missions. Hats off to their expertise.

Did summer work at NASA years ago and remember seeing and getting a tour of this plane when it came into Marshall Space Flight Center. What a freaky plane it is. It would come in to pick up pieces of the space station.

There's something magical on how the pilots/engineers have so much respect for the work of everyone else on the ground. Not only are they extremely knowledgeable and passionate about their plane, they're humble and acknowledge that it takes team effort to keep this bird running like clockwork.

What a fantastic video and what a great guy who is passionate about his aircraft and knows every inch of it and is generous with his time 👍 I hope he reads the comments here.

I love how much B-29 that can still be identified on it. The flaps and gear and emergency gear extension especially seem identical as well as a lot of the fixtures and controls in the cockpit

Really, really enjoyed that exclusive access behind the scenes demonstrating what enables that unusual aircraft to do what it does. David Elliot did an excellent job of explaining everything!

Love those Apollo style switches for ground/flight idle. Seems fitting for a NASA plane.

Erik, Thank you for this! What an amazing airplane. My father was a USAAF B-29 navigator 1944-45.

Loved the video after a lifetime around aircraft and now long time retired it sure brought a lot of memories back. Bravo keep them coming.