|
FAT ALBERT AIRLINES
An all-Marine Corps crew of three officers and five enlisted
personnel operate the C-130T Hercules, affectionately known
as Fat Albert Airlines. Fat Albert accompanies the Blue
Angels to all their air shows. It carries more than 40
maintenance and support personnel, their gear and enough
spare parts and communication equipment to complete a
successful air show.
At the May 1, 2007 Blue Angels practice, Fat Albert
demonstrated its jet-assisted takeoff (JATO) capability.
Eight solid-fuel rocket bottles, fired simultaneously, allow
the aircraft to take off within 1,500 feet, climb at a
45-degree angle, and propel it to an altitude of 1,000 feet
in approximately 15 seconds. Awesome performance!!
Fat albert sequence:
|
|
|
|
Fat Albert demonstrates
|
|
|
|
Don Reininger and Dick Holland on the bus to Blue Angels
|
|
|
|
Dick Holland and CW Hays
|
|
|
|
Sterling Dickson checks the bus for missing passengers
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outside the museum
|
|
|
|
Fat lbert Airlines
|
|
|
|
Fat Albert climbing at 45 degrees
|
|
|
|
Still climbing at 45 degrees
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reaches 1000 feet in 15 seconds
|
|
|
|
Low pass down the runway
|
|
|
|
Fat Albert up close as it approaches the spectator stands
|
|
|
|
Fat Albert up close as it approaches the spectator stands
|
|
|
|
|
|
Completes it's low pass down the runway
|
|
|
|
Blue Angels Show... Short walk to the BA Spectator stands
|
|
|
|
#'s 1 and 2 taxi down the runway
|
|
|
|
# 5 taxi's toward take off point
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 and 3 line up in position for takeoff
|
|
|
|
1,2,3, and 4 in the Diamond Formation in position for takeoff
|
|
|
Go To:
<< [Home]
[2007 Reunion Main] [BA1]
[BA2]
[BA3]
[Next]
>> |
