Blue Angels C-130 Hercules – Fat Albert JATO Take-off. 9/15/
This clip was taken at The Great State of Maine Air Show at Brunswick Naval Air Station September 15, 2007. This was done with a Canon PowerShot A40 digital camera. It only takes 30second clips. Blue Angels C-130 Hercules – Fat Albert JATO Take-off. Fat Albert The squadron's Transport C-130 Hercules aircraft; affectionately known as Fat Albert, is the only Marine Corps aircraft permanently assigned to support a Navy squadron. It is flown by an all-Marine Corps crew of three pilots and five enlisted personnel. Fat Albert flies more than 140000 miles during the course of a show season. The C-130 carries 25000 pounds of cargo, 45000 pounds of fuel, and transports the squadron's support and maintenance crew to each show site. Fat Albert cruises at 320 knots (approximately 350 miles per hour) at 27000 feet. Four Allison turboprop-engines producing more than 16000-shaft horsepower provide the C-130 with the power to land and depart on runways as short as 2500 feet. At select show sites, Fat Albert demonstrates its Jet-Assisted Take-Off (JATO) capability. Eight solid-fuel rockets are attached to the sides of the aircraft, four on each side. The rockets allow Fat Albert to take off within 1500 feet, climb at a 45-degree angle, and attain an altitude of 1500 feet in seconds.
