Blue Angels Lockheed C-130T Hercules "Fat Albert".
This beautifully colored C-130 Hercules aircraft is "Fat Albert", the transport aircraft of the Blue Angels. This aircraft gives a solo display prior to the show of the 6 Blue Angels F/A-18s. In November 2011, I had the special fortune to witness this solo display in the cockpit of "Fat Albert".
I took this photo on November 1, 2014 during the Wings over Houston Airshow. The aircraft in the photo was replaced by a C-130J in 2020.
                                
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…