Travel Photography - What A/C is this?

Watched this aircraft at PHL two weeks ago. What is it? Looks like one of the old planes from the 60s :)

Photo made by iPhone, sorry for bad quality.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3585/3574649261_b05652195f.jpg?v=0

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/assembly/superguppy/

Boeing C-97/KC-97 "Stratocruiser" rebuilt with a large diameter hull designed for moving bulky cargo. NASA had at least one, and IIRC, there were a few in commercial freight service.

NASA's hauled components for space launches, booster rocket engines, etc.. I would have thought most would have been replaced by a/c with substantially greater cargo weight capacity, as maintaining those old recip "compound" radials burning High octane AVGAS is bound to be expensive.

Super Guppy (http://www.airliners.net/photo/NASA/Aero-Spacelines-377SGT/1507907/L/&sid=05a5e4a6998a8d867fea68cb531426ba) - like nothing else you've ever seen!

I applaud the pilots who can fly that thing and land it when fully loaded!

P.S. Many more pics of the Super Guppy available. Just search on airliners.net.

Boeing C-97/KC-97 "Stratocruiser" rebuilt with a large diameter hull designed for moving bulky cargo. NASA had at least one, and IIRC, there were a few in commercial freight service.

NASA's hauled components for space launches, booster rocket engines, etc.. I would have thought most would have been replaced by a/c with substantially greater cargo weight capacity, as maintaining those old recip "compound" radials burning High octane AVGAS is bound to be expensive.

Airbus had a fleet of these moving airplane parts. They then built newer planes based on their own airplanes in the early '90s and also use the Russian An-124 for moving airplane parts. Boeing built a special 747 with large hull to move 787 parts. I saw an An-124 at IAH once probably chartered by oil companies.

I saw an An-124 at IAH once probably chartered by oil companies.

Continental Airlines has a model of one painted in their livery at headquarters - they needed to charter one to transport oversize engine components ...

Continental Airlines has a model of one painted in their livery at headquarters - they needed to charter one to transport oversize engine components ...

Interesting, Boeing (or suppliers) used this plane to move 777 engines. I didn't think Continental has that many 777s compared to SQ and UA.

I has in Houston for almost a week and that An-124 was in the same place all that time.

Interesting, Boeing (or suppliers) used this plane to move 777 engines. I didn't think Continental has that many 777s compared to SQ and UA.

I has in Houston for almost a week and that An-124 was in the same place all that time.An An-124 is at IAH quite often. Once even saw the An-225 there.

Boeing built a special 747 with large hull to move 787 parts.
The Boeing one is called the Dreamlifter (and I believe there are 3 or 4 of them.

http://gallery.millerworks.net/photos/482958686_JjPLp-M.jpg (http://gallery.millerworks.net/gallery/4238518_LEeX5/1/#482958686_JjPLp-A-LB)

The AN-124 used to be a regular sight at YUL as well, Bombardier was using them to fly assembled CRJ fuselages from the plant in Northern Ireland to the plant adjacent to YUL where the final assembly was done.