Fat Albert: Blue Angels Lockheed C-130T Hercules.
This coloured C-130 Hercules aircraft is "Fat Albert", the Blue Angels' transport aircraft. This aircraft gives a solo display prior to the show of the 6 Blue Angels F/A-18's.
In November 2011, I had the special good fortune to witness this flight demonstration in the cockpit of Fat Albert. Unforgettable!
This photo was taken on 30 April 2016 during an airshow at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. The aircraft in the picture 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…