When I was in the USAF in the late sixties and early seventies we had a Super Guppy built on a converted C-54. They were made for transporting missle and rocket fuselages. 
 
If I'm not mistaken, unlike the one in Edgar's pic which sports four turbo-prop engines, it had four P&W 3350 recips. 
 
 
 
 
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				"I'm a Setter man.  
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,  
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture." 
 
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
			 
		
		
		
		
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