Blue Angels Lockheed C-130T Hercules "Fat Albert" This beautifully 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-18s. In November 2011, I had the special good fortune to witness this solo display in the cockpit of "Fat Albert". This photo was taken on 6 October 2012 during Fleet Week in San Francisco.
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…