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The newer C-130J helps Fat Albert keep up with the Blue Angels. The six-bladed propellers provide up to 20% more thrust compared to the old models, making it feel like a whole other aircraft.
Experience the impressive C-130 Super Hercules ‘Fat Albert’ as it lights up the skies at the MCAS Cherry Point airshow with powerful maneuvers. Texas defunds border wall How to hard boil eggs ...
FOX6's Aaron Maybin got the opportunity to ride aboard the Blue Angels' Fat Albert -- a C-130 aircraft -- and experience weightlessness.
The Blue Angels have used support aircraft since the team’s inception but didn’t begin using C-130s until 1970. Since then, the Blue Angels have used variations of the C-130.
Domingo Live's Barbi Leo and Producer Nina Martinez had the opportunity to experience a thrilling ride aboard the C-130 Hercules better known as "Fat Albert" during the 2011 NAS C.C. Air Show.
Here are the 2024 pilots: Maj. Josh Soltan -- Lead C-130 "Fat Albert" pilot Capt. Sam Petko Capt Isaac Becker ...
You can hear The Blue Angels coming, and they wow us yearly at the Miramar Air Show. Before they take over the San Diego sky, their opening act is Fat Albert, a C-130J Super Hercules ...
Fat Albert, the Blue Angels' beloved C-130J Super Hercules transport jet, did not fly ahead of the fighter jets as usual on Friday during the Blues' dress rehearsal show on Pensacola Beach.
That kid from Nebraska is Captain Jackson Streiff, the pilot of the U.S. Blue Angels support aircraft the C-130 “Fat Albert,” which can weigh more than 150,000 pounds fully loaded.
DAYTON, OH (WDTN) – C-130 “Fat Albert” Pilot Capt. William Huckeba joins us to talk about the Blue Angels! He shares more about his time with the team and explains the upcoming pe… ...