Fat Albert Nose
by John Schneider
Title
Fat Albert Nose
Artist
John Schneider
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
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File# 0909.... The signature paint scheme of the Blue Angels, United States Marine Corp Lockheed C-130 Hercules taken 2008 at Republic Airport, Farmingdale LI NY - USA
The Blue Angels is the United States Navy's flight demonstration team, with aviator's from the Navy and Marines.
The Blue Angels use a United States Marine Corps Lockheed C-130T Hercules, nicknamed "Fat Albert", the only aircraft operated by "Fat Albert Airlines", for their logistics, carrying spare parts, equipment, and 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, but the JATO demo's ended in 2009 due to dwindling supplies of rockets, hence also called Rocket Assisted Take off (RATO). "Fat Albert Airlines" flies with an all-Marine crew of three officers and five enlisted personnel. Following the death of Blue Angel 6 pilot Captain Jeff "Koosh" Kuss, USMC in June 2016, Fat Albert had the honor of flying his remains back to NAS Pensacola, escorted by Kuss' wingman in Blue Angel 5, before then carrying him home to Colorado for burial with full military honors.
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April 23rd, 2018
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