Now United looking at CSeries & E2
04-24-2018, 10:28 AM
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Close, but no cigar. The original aircraft was a Boeing 377.
https://interestingengineering.com/m...t-in-the-world. NASA never used 737s to transport booster sections.
The reason the 737 is called a guppy at United comes from the largest aircraft, in the inventory (the 747) being called a "whale". Naturally the smallest was the 737-100 and 200. It was called the "guppy". It seems to be a United thing. No other airlines call their 737s guppy.
https://interestingengineering.com/m...t-in-the-world. NASA never used 737s to transport booster sections.
The reason the 737 is called a guppy at United comes from the largest aircraft, in the inventory (the 747) being called a "whale". Naturally the smallest was the 737-100 and 200. It was called the "guppy". It seems to be a United thing. No other airlines call their 737s guppy.
Must be more than just UA. Trivial Pursuit has a question, "If the 747 is The Whale, what is the 737?"
The answer, of course, is The Guppy.
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