Conroy Virtus

Virtus
Artist's concept of the Virtus
Role Outsized cargo aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Turbo-Three Corporation
Designer John M. Conroy
Status Canceled
Primary user NASA
Developed from Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

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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