The Blue Angels are About to Get a New “Fat Albert” - Popular Mechanics
Jul 21, 2020 · The U.S. Navy’s elite Blue Angels demonstration team is test flying its new “Fat Albert” transport. The plane was purchased from the Royal Air Force and painted in Blue Angels colors.
Blue Angels Fat Albert is a super fan favorite. Here's what to know
Jul 7, 2023 · Fat Albert is a Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules that follows the Blue Angels across the country as they perform air shows during a season. The modified C-130 carries the team’s...
Flying with Fat Albert, the Blue Angels' support aircraft, as it gets ...
Oct 23, 2015 · And sometimes locals get to share the fun inside its 52-foot-long cargo bay. The C-130 is a tactical airlift aircraft with a huge rear hatch, designed to handle up to 45,000 pounds of cargo...
Fat Albert – The Blue Angels’ C-130 Hercules - Military Machine
Jan 1, 2020 · Thanks to its versatile airframe, the C-130 Hercules is the longest continuously produced military aircraft in history with the latest version, the C-130J Super Hercules, still produced today. The Fat Albert aircraft, a T model, sports four Allison T56 engines and maxes out at 320 knots with a range of 2,400 miles and a whopping 45,000 payload.
The Blue Angels Have Retired Their Beloved Fat Albert C-130 …
May 24, 2019 · After 17 years and 30,000 hours of flying in support of the team, the Blue Angel's iconic C-130 is being retired and there is no replacement even identified as of yet. As a result, the team will have to rely on the fleet and charters for its airborne logistics needs.
Blue Angels: A look at the cargo aircraft known as 'Fat Albert'
Aug 15, 2023 · The Blue Angels will be taking to the sky this weekend at the Garmin Kansas City Air Show. KMBC photojournalist Mark Lea has exclusive access to the Blue Angels.
U.S. Navy Blue Angels Get New “Fat Albert” - The Aviationist
Jun 25, 2019 · The iconic C-130T is being replaced by a C-130J Super Hercules, which will be delivered in spring 2020 following a $29.7 million contract awarded to the United Kingdom Ministry of...
Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron to receive “Fat Albert
Jun 24, 2019 · The Navy announced award of the Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron’s new “Fat Albert,” the Blue Angels’ logistics cargo plane, June 13. Scheduled for delivery in spring 2020, the $29.7...
US Navy Blue Angels C-130J Super Hercules - Lincoln Airshow
In addition to being the opening attraction for the Blue Angels demonstration, Fat Albert's primary mission is to transport 35,000 pounds of cargo and roughly 60 Blue Angels team members to every show site throughout the country.
Blue Angels New C-130J ‘Fat Albert’ Unveiled - Avgeekery.com
Jun 30, 2020 · PENSACOLA, Fla. — The Blue Angel’s newest cargo and personnel aircraft, known as “Fat Albert” has joined with her crew in the United Kingdom to conduct final flight tests prior to their homecoming flight to Florida. The all-Marine crew for the C-130J Super Hercules are in Cambridge, England, to perform a series of flight tests. Her ...
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