Blue Angels C-130 Hercules, "Fat Albert"

Rafael — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:23:51 +0000

Blue Angels C-130 Hercules, “Fat Albert”, a photo by jeffk42 on Flickr.

“Hey, hey, hey, it’s FAAAAAAAT Albert!” I don’t know why I like this silly plane, but I’ll pretty much always post a picture of Fat Albert whenever I can.

For those of you that don’t know, Fat Albert is the C-130 Hercules support plane of the Blue Angels.

The Blue Angel’s ground crew, spare parts, and other accoutrements fly in this C-130 Hercules. Without Fat Albert flying support, there would be no Blue Angels.

Fat Albert taking off

Rafael — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:32:49 +0000

This is what the picture for the facebook group depicts. It’s the Blue Angel’s support plane, a C-130 named “Fat Albert” taking off using rockets to assist it getting off the ground.

Amazing how fast the thing climbs.

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Blue Angels C-130 Hercules, "Fat Albert"

Fat Albert taking off