Conroy Virtus
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title:
Conroy Virtus
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The Conroy Virtus was a proposed American large transport aircraft intended to carry the Space Shuttle. Designed, beginning in 1974, by John M. Conroy of the Turbo-Three Corporation, it was to incorporate a pair of Boeing B-52 Stratofortress fuselages to form a new craft using existing parts for cost-savings. While the project was seriously considered, it proved impractically large and NASA chose to develop the Boeing 747–based Shuttle Carrier from surplus commercial aircraft instead.
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Proposed American large transport aircraft intended to carry the Space Shuttle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conroy_Virtus
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2023-05-27T15:10:57Z
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