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Fat Albert Hercules
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The United States Navy flight demonstration squadron Blue Angels uses a souped up C-130 Hercules as a support aircraft. The demonstration jets the Blue Angels fly is the F-18 Hornet.
The Blue Angels use a United States Marine Corps C-130T Hercules, nicknamed “Fat Albert”, for their logistics, carrying spare parts, equipment, and to carry support personnel between shows. Beginning in 1975, “Bert” was used for Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO) and short aerial demonstrations just prior to the main event at selected venues, but the JATO demonstration ended in 2009 due to dwindling supplies of rockets. “Fat Albert Airlines” flies with an all-Marine crew of three officers and five enlisted personnel.
2012-11-18 14:20:31
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