New "Fat Albert" C-130J Super Hercules - First Public Demo!
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- The US Navy Blue Angels' C-130J Super Hercules, known as "Fat Albert", performs a public demonstration for the first time at Airshow London 2021 in Ontario, Canada. This was the first official Fat Albert performance since 2016. The team's previous C-130T was retired from service in 2019.
Fat Albert has flown during practice sessions throughout 2021 in preparation for being approved to fly performances yet again.
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Thanks for the awesome video as usual!
I want to build a 1/48 scale fat Albert in homage to the blue angels
I love the landing approach at 4:00. I learned to skydive before I took flying lessons, and on my third or fourth landing my instructor dryly said over the intercom, "You don't have to dive-bomb the runway."
I guess I had internalized the 3:1 L/D of ram air canopies a bit too much.
Still passes me off everytime I remember it.
Great Show
as a former marine i can assure you flying in a c130 is no picnic. its like being inside a paint can shaker while 4 turbo prop engines possess your soul.
Well you don't have to be a formus shoulder...
Imagine its noisy aswell.
I wonder if the new ones with the 6 blade props and RR engines are any better? The vibration must at least be different. I just talked to a Herc pilot last week, and he says they tended to under estimate all the added power the new engines provide. WAY different from the old engines.
I flew on several while in a TACCS unit in the AF, even got to ride the jump seat on the flight deck a few times(also C-141, slept on the hood of a jeep one time and the bench seat of out 880 truck, smooth ride)....
@@mntbighker Very noisy, I wore my shooter's ear muffs on every ride..
Impressive short take off and short landing. So cool when pilot backed up the aircraft. Nothing like the sound of turboprops. I love it!
and that reverse wheelie!
Pretty noisy for the guys inside. The only thing noisier on the inside that I flown on was the C-123K.
@@sd906238 at least the J model isn't as drone sounding as the H.
Yeah but it was empty. Fully loaded is an other thing.
I saw the JATO take-off back in the day, that was a short take-off. 😃
The C-130 just had its birthday. August 23, 1954 the first C-130 took to the air. Amazing aircraft
Thanks for posting that. I knew it was '54. It's been my favorite aircraft since July '71 when I first jumped it. I've never been on one when it landed, though we got a taste of its ability to rapidly deccelerate when a small Cessna crossed our path on a takeoff. The pilot came over the intercom and sounding like a commercial airline pilot calmly announced that we were going to go back and try it again and you on the starboard side can observe the plane we just avoided. August 23, 1954... I was three years old. If I live to be 140 or older, the C-130 will still be flying, still be the ever present workhorse in the sky. I never fail to look up and around whenever I hear one flying nearby... the most unmistakable sound. ( I never fail to wish I was on the sortie, too... just as long as I have a parachute ☁️🌧⛅☁️☁️)
@@mikegrant8490 My pleasure. I missed Viet Nam. I would not have gotten a pilot slot any way. I had to earn my wings, as many of us did, by money out of our own pockets. The C-130 was the first cargo plane to be pressurized and could play in the rare air and with speeds approaching a P-51. It is a stick and rudder airplane at home on a short dirt strip. To me, it’s a pilots airplane capable of doing what needs to be done in whatever the situation calls for. Had I had the opportunity it would have been my choice of birds to fly.
@@crawford323 I just find it amazing that this particular aircraft has enjoyed the longevity it has. That generations have used it all over the planet under all sorts of conditions... those first ones that I flew on were ones that had an antenna wire that stretched from the top of the tail to near the cockpit. Air National Guard planes fulfilling duty as transporting jump school parachute
I love Fat Al. Jets are awesome, but ya gotta love the “Herc”
Technically it has jets, see as those are turbo prop engines. 😁
@@CoordinatedCarry It has a lot more in common with a big Turbo Fan engine than most people realize. Those props are essentially large unducted fans.
It looks like it's wearing a yellow jock-strap?
Jets are for kids.
While a crew chief on C130s in the Air Force low level flying in mountain passes and across deserts was an amazing experience. Just looking at them you would never believe how well those things fly and how hard they can yank and bank.
Thank you for your service
I too was a flying crew chief on herks, including combat talons, hanging off the ramp during aircraft intercepts over the forest of Belgium was the greatest!!
Even tho it’s been 35 years since those times, I miss those aircraft greatly, definitely an epic time in my air force career
Those RATO bottles in the old plane made the show much noisier and spectacular! That’s what airshows are about! My grown up children and I have great memories watching the old Fat Albert skyrocketing straight up!
I loved watching that jato takeoff. Got to love Fat Albert
Know what you mean! I spent many hours on Fat Albert flying to airshows. I was a Crew Chief on the Blue Angels Jets back in the mid 70’s. Fat Albert didn’t do the JATO assists takeoffs often during airshows but when it was done it was a crowd pleaser for sure. Never heard any of the Fat Albert crew members complain since they had to offload reload Fat Albert to perform a JATO demo.
@@jerrywhite3095 Thanks for your service Jerry!
Probably the best looking C-130 you'll ever see. Unless you're in a drop zone waiting for supplies and ammunition. Then, they're all beautiful.
You having a giraffe,RAF GREY AND GREEN are by far the best colours,not some gay looking fat albert
This Fat Albert use to be a Green and Grey RAF bird until the Brits sold her.
I prefer the old T model paint scheme over this one.
True that
You really can tell how light the aircraft is or better said: how capable the C-130 is without freight. And with a capable pilot at the sticks. Seeing such a large bird take off in such a short distance is always amazing to see...😎😎👍👍
The Lockheed is about as perfect a tactical transport as possible and she was designed and flew years before most airmen piloting and fixing her today were born. She's beautiful in her Blue Angels livery and even more so when dirty and scuffed up from the battlefield operations for which she was imagined. I got to ride in one in 1967 from North Island NAS to NAS Lemoore. The take off acceleration was incredible.
I love the C-130. I worked on them at Dyess AFB. Great aircraft. I flew all over the world in them. We had the H model but I did get to fly in the J model while in the final stages of development. The J model can definitely climb like a beast. The assault landing is cool, I got to experience those in real life. It leaves your stomach in your throat while you are looking straight at the ground coming at you. Fantastic aircraft.
Great display of the abilities of the that aircraft. The pilot backed that C130 up better than most people trying to back into a parking spot.
Amazing skills flying. Blows my mind on the extreme short takeoff and landing. Much respect to our military pilots. Keep them flying!!
Lovely to see the ex Royal Air Force C-130 put to good use again.
Shame we are binning these more than capable aircraft for the atlas that spends more time in bits than in the air, plus sf don't like the a400 either, too big and loud compared to the mighty herc
Worked on C130s for 5 years in the 80s. They've been around forever and they'll be around a lot more years. Great bird!
I fell out of a few. Nice plane.
August 2024...70 years since first flight
It is amazing that these birds are so quite until they are next to you. I have experienced this at night and it still leaves me with goose bumps.
Wow. That takoff length and rate of climb is so amazing. A heroic plane. Felt good to see it again.
I saw a very low fly by at Chicago lakefront air show practice. Does anyone have video of this ?
And that is why the C130 is the Queen of the sky! Loved my time working on these beasts!
The J model is a different beast.
I am an Air Force vet and served on C-130's as an aircraft tech. I was invited as a VIP to a Blue Angels show and they had Fat Albert there all suited and booted with her RATO bottles ready. THAT is impressive to see her take off in less than a football field! I have been in the back of them for TAC landings and take offs and that is interesting!
Saw the JATO in person some years ago. Unforgettable experience.
Yes. Lived near JFTC in cali. Saw em from my house!!
Saw one a long time ago at Willow Grove in PA.
Kinda miss the RATO system on takeoff, but the plane looks sharp and is well handled. Love the roll rate, and that tactical landing was amazing. What a rollercoaster ride! Thanks for the awesome video!
Technically speaking, RATO is correct... rocket-assisted-take-off. C-130s uses 8 Aerojet KS-1000 solid-fuel rocket bottles. The terms JATO & RATO are interchangeable.
I saw the JATO takeoffs many times over the years, really cool. A shortage of the rocket bottles eventually led to the demise of that part of the demo. I believe the last JATO was in 2009.
My buddy's dad flew the JATO LC-130 that does the Antartica missions and they need JATOs to take off from the ice/snow runway. It has skiis
@@georgesmith4642 The blues discontinued the JATO/RATO demos because it was stressing the airframe. Causing more maintenance than needed, and adding more complexity to the demo itself. Plus with the newer engines, the RATO/JATO isn’t really necessary for the newer C130’s. Although the coast guard still uses them for Arctic missions.
Agree. Very anti-climatic.
Might not have the JATO but still love seeing Fat Albert strut his stuff.
Yeah, i seen it used once at an air show years ago. Very impressive.
With what appears to be much improved performance over the old C-130T, there may not be a real need for Jato rockets.
Grew up watching the "Herc" fly over my hometown. Love 'em.
Fabulous! This new C-130J is an ex-Royal Air Force one which I saw many times. So good to see it in the new livery and role!
I like the "Wheelie" just before putting it in reverse. I've never seen that.
The ground maintainers don't 😂😂😂
Yeah he landed (or first touchdown) on the front two wheels as well!!! Definitely a blue angle’s pilot!
He didn’t just stick it in revers, as soon as the wheels touched pilot rotated the props to a reverse pitch position, allowing the plane to come to a quick stop. They have so much power when it went from forward to backwards the front tires lifted
@@Cheap_Grey_Plastic It sure would! But it was fun to watch! I think it was pre-planned and practiced. At least, I hope it was...:-)
@@Cheap_Grey_Plastic It is intentional, they did it with the old Albert too regularly, even it seems they are a little it more careful with the new bird, the "Sarajewo Approaches" with the old one were regularly pretty more rough...
That landing was amazing.
The variable pitch props create drag as well as thrust... wow, pilot skilz
For the life of me I could not figure out how it stopped so fast, thank you. These props work like the rotor on an apache helicopter...or pretty much every helicopter, that makes so much sense!
They actually can fully reverse thrust. That's how it can back up like that.
Nice to see ZH885 going strong, amazingly this C-130J is actually over 20 years old already!
It that the Herc they bought off of the RAF?
@@expatingermany7685 yep!
@@expatingermany7685 leased
@@robertmorris8997 Bought from the RAF and converted by Marshall ADG. Actually operated by the USMC on behalf of the USN.
@@CBGSpotter You got a reference? I read it was leased.
Very awesome performance & it looks like the Marine pilot is sharp enough to Fly The Angels Planes just in case one of them cannot make a show ! The takeoff showed off the power as even though the craft was probably almost empty of cargo ; I have never seen Fat Albert get airborne any faster except with JATO Bottles attached ! ! Bravo , Fat Albert & may you serve the needs of The Blue Angels & The Marines for many years to come ........... Greetings from NavyBlueSmoke , LST-1195 ! ! May Creator God Bless You n Yours .............
The drop down landing was spectacular, with a perfectly calculated and well rehearsed slope angle of recovery, with about 8 seconds of buffer safety before touch down with the airplane perfectly parallel to the ground. Beautiful.
So nice to see him finally doing a demo again. Great video!
I remember as a kid seeing the o.g. Fat Albert with the rocket assist takeoff. That was pure awesomeness 👌
Very impressive and I always enjoy watching our Air Force Hercs here in Sweden when they perform at airshows! A real crowd pleaser indeed!
The JATO was where it was at. Glad I was on the team then to see it.
Have seen it!!!
Crazy cool landing. The pilot knows what he's doing! Love the front wheel hop with the fast change in direction after landing!
I'm blown away! I've never seen that AC before, that was wild. The way that beast can bank & that insane approach & short landing & then reverse parking to boot! Man oh man, absolutely incredible how an AC over 100K pounds can be manoeuvred like that. Amazing Pilots & AC. Thanks for sharing. I sub 😊
The amazing thing is that it's been doing it for decades too. This is a newer J model and it's still 21 years old. If you want to see a herc do something truly spectacular, check out Lockheeds new LM-100J demo a couple years back. It basically did a loop (this is highly debated, as is the pilots clearance to do so lol... ) but it's amazing to watch. He banked out of it a bit for G-reasons but if you were impressed with the above video, you'll get a kick out of this. czcams.com/video/xbwM-nBKVaI/video.html
An amazing aircraft that continues to impress through the decades.
Love that plane! In 1958 our mobile training detachment moved all of our personnel and equipment in just one of those and it was so easy to load, and it was fast. In 1957 it took four C-119s to do the same job.
Had the pleasure of flying in a much older version of this aircraft. We where flying NOE and it was awesome. One of the best combat planes made.
My absolute favorite aircraft and air show team
C-130. Still a most impressive and capable airframe.
There is nothing more beautifull than to see the big bird fly so so amazing
Love that C-130 sound!
I do too. Now the Taliban have 4 of them thanks to us.
@@utubeaccess7 Mad isnt it but they have wasted them so will never fly again in the wrong hands.Still daft though as opposed to flying them out for another day.Put it like this you cant buy C130,s on ebay.
Best aircraft ever built. No other airplane has been around for as many years AND been utilised in so many different roles!
Airshow is here this weekend in Cleveland Ohio!So ready
Weather forecast looks good!
But it’s the Thunderbirds this year.
We'll be there!
@@AirshowStuffVideos Awesome!Hope you capture some amazing footage
My grandfather retired from Lockheed, twice. lol He did some design work on the C-130 and served as a technical trainer for other countries who purchased them.
Very cool! It's always a thrill to watch a large plane performing maneuvers
That’s one manoeuvrable aircraft,such a short take off distance and landing,very impressed with the the reversing bit,great plane.
I love the Thunderbirds, but Fat Albert always made the Blue Angels shows special.
Always impressive those Sarajevo type approaches and take offs. The fact they're born out of necessity makes them even more impressive
She was painted in this scheme by Marshall of Cambridge in the UK 🇬🇧
Loved seeing it preform at the air show just great. Love the big C130 in all versions.
That was the first time I've seen a C-130 pull hard enough to get vapor over the wings. Nice!
Greatest aircraft of all time! It will still be in service 80 years from now!
Fat Albert: the answer to the question, "What if Tokyo Drift were filmed with a cargo plane?"
Greatest tactical airlifted made! Hard to believe it’s been flying since 1954, 68 yrs of reliable service. The C-130J is going to be around for a long time.
BAD.ASS!! That uber-steep approach at the end!! Ho-lee-schidt!!
It’s amazing that fat Albert is back from retirement it wasn’t the same without him❤
The old act with the JATO takeoff was something to see!
Turboprops just keep getting smoother. Kind of amazing to track all the iterations and history of this airframe.
Gotta say.....with the J model Herc, Bert's demo is really good.
First saw Hercules aircraft at Ndola airport in Zambia about 1965/6 after Rhodesian UDI caused fuel shortages in Zambia. They used Hercules to fly in rubber bladders of fuel on a huge palette and copper ingots out likewise. They got so expert that they never shut the engines down. Less than Twenty minutes for a full load change (I seem to remember about 20 tons) and they were off again. Went on for months, day and night. Not sure who's aircraft they were but I suspect UK as Zambia certainly didn't own any at that time. Very impressive aircraft.
Looks like a big old bald eagle, old bird still has it, miss seeing the boosters, but still a cool plane, one of my favorite.
I saw one of those takeoffs way back when they used the acronym for Rocket Assisted Takeoff System. .... Ithink
@@thiswasnoboakingaccident6368 JATO Jet-Assisted Take-Off
@@thiswasnoboakingaccident6368 ah yes, the RATS takeoff system
Too costly to use Jato anymore?
@@redwolfpiping5701 Probably not needed with the new much more powerful engines and the 6 bladed props. Notice how fast it slowed down on landing? Full reversal of the props and the constant speed of the jet turbine engines. These birds can land and take off from aircraft carriers without using JATO or RATO packs.
Nice display, very cool landing and takeoff. Loving the nosewheel bouncing up in the air after being compressed by the hard braking. Good old Hercules.
nose wheel is bouncing because of the thrust reversers
Impressive takeoff and landing! Beautiful bird!!!!
Had the pleasure of experiencing more than a couple tactical maneuvers in one of these. Its amazing how graceful they feel from the inside. Something I'll never forget even if I wanted to, that and the smell of jet fuel lol. Great job to all you aircraft personnel!!
Two things. A) Loved how they used "ground-effect" lift to extend the runway and gain full flight speed. B) Where was the required "beeping" to warn it was backing up? I thought all state and federal vehicles were required to have that.
Those are so easily ignored as people get use to the beeping that many companies use alternative sounds for backing up. It appears the drastic change in prop noise is indicator enough to be OSHA compliant.
Combat mode. Stealthy and silent, no beeping so bad guys can't hear your Herc backing out of its hidey hole.
4 in the Corps... '72-76 at MCAS El Toro. Fat Albert came in every year for the air show. Semper Fi
Considering the C-130 Hercules first flew in 1954 it must be a record in longevity only bested by the DC3/C-47.
Close...The B-52 first took flight 4/15/1952 when I was 5 years old...They'll still be flying a century later...
More astonishing is that the Hercules is still produced. Of course with many improvements but still the basic design.
@@skunkjobb yes ... the C-130J no. 450 rolled of line in Juni '21
And the TU-95, antonov an-2
@@skunkjobb : Really hope we get to add the winglets before I retire. I've seen the prototype a couple of times. They show it off to some of the VIPs that tour the factory. They will help reduce drag and make maneuvering and fuel performance even better.
With the more powerful engines and 6 blade "scimitar" propellers, the JATO system isn't really missed that much. The replaceable "ice shield" on either side of the aircraft had to be enlarged because the blades were throwing the ice further back at full throttle and missing the shield.
Did anyone else saw the take of of this beauty, love it
That is some nice flying!
Ex RAF C-130J-30 Super Hercules airframe. The colour scheme looks great on it
Wow! I've never seen a reverse wheelie before!@
When I was part of the original security team at the National Air&Space Udvar Hazy Center next to Dulles Airport the Blue Angles C130 came in it is EXTREMELY impressive when your standing next to it. AMAZING doesn't describe it properly. As I remember it was delivering a vintage WW1 aircraft for the exhibit. This was back in 2005. It was with out a doubt a place I will never for get. I mean that in the best way.☺
Love the stars and stripes flying proudly from the cockpit. At least there are still people who respect it! Thumbs up!
that's the "one and only" .. the "semi of the skies".
On the road the Volvo VNL 860 Globetrotter XL ...
in the sky the C-130J Super Hercules ...
"Dann ist die Welt wieder heile"
😁
New for the Blue Angels but that girl has some UK miles (RAF) under her belt :)
Even in the Austrian 🇦🇹Airforce we have those C-130 Hercules. What a great airplane. 🏔⛷🛶🍺🥨✌️👍😎🐺
I'm surprised in this day and age that they can still call him "Fat Albert." Some people watching from the ramp might get offended. 😂 Besides, I've only thought of the C-130 as slightly "plump." Definitely miss the JATO. It was one of the most unique features of the Fat Albert demo. Still, good to see the "wide body" Angel back in the air.
Some get Offended about any thing I also miss the JATO
"Hey, hey, hey! It's Fat Albert!
And I'm gonna spike your drink for you
Then Bill's gonna do a thing or two..."
XD
@@magnificentfailure2390, 🤣🤣🤣
🌭🍔🥘🍢🥮🍰🍧🍭Re Fatness: I thought that early in the video … They must serve a lot of food at airshows … I could look like that after a Summer of airshows. 🎬🎤A great film. I remember an Eastern Airlines pilot telling me as I was departing in FL from ORD in a SuperConstellation that my dear prop driven Connie was not going to last as jet travel gets more common. He said “people are all in a hurry”. I was devastated. Must have been 13+/-yrs old.
Chonky Bert might be more widely understood these days lol.
Ask a hundred men what plane they'd like to fly if given the chance, and the vast majority would pick a fighter. Not me, every time I see a C-130 I wish I were in the driver's seat. They're just so damn graceful looking.
Sexiest Hercules demo ever!!! The steep final approach is a must, gotta love Lockheed for making this plane so badass legendary!!!
In 1966 I was med-evacted out of Vietnam near the DMZ. There were a number of us wounded Marines aboard a Marine Corps C-130, not this fancy though. The airfield was red dirt and short, the pilot parked at the very end and stood on the brakes and ran up the engines. The plane was shaking, the engines where screaming and the props where stirring red dust clouds behind the plane. The pilot let go the brakes and we shot off down the short runway, nearing the end he pulled back on the yoke and we shot up much like the plane in the video except he kept climbing as machine gun tracers were going by the cockpit windows we were later told. We wounded were all strapped down on litters that were attached and stacked long the sides of the fuselage. I.V. bottles and tubing was hanging at a 45 degree angle and swinging. Some of the more badly wounded were being held into the stretchers by Navy Corpsman and two Navy nurses, It was quiet a ride and saved a lot of lives. Every time I see a Hercules I think about that day.
Tom Boyte
GySgt. USMC, retired
Vietnam 65-66/70-71
Lookin good. Beautiful airplane. Really like these C-130s, so versatile. Awesome landing.
Wow the angle of attack on the last landing was awesome. Came down like a butterfly.
Perfect 3 point landing,,,impressive!
No matter what livery she wears,the "Herc" is still one of the best looking planes of all time,simply gorgeous.
Amazing tactical landing, beautiful aircraft! Thanks for the video
Driving instructor: 'do you have any experience with 3 point turns?'
Student:'yes'
Instructor:'with what car?'
Student:'C130J super Hercules'
Instructor:'Here's your license.... and mine'.
He’s not fat he’s got big bones !
*athletic*
He's not fat, he's FLUFFY!
Nah. Hes not fat, just well-fed.
He's a husky boy 😆
Fat Albert is the best looking C-130 if ever seen.
They really need to bring the JATO back. That took the show to a whole other level.
The Herc 30 my favorite plane. In the early 60s we flew the Herc from Frankfurt Germany to the Sahara desert and set down 450miles in. No runway just a flat spot. Dropped us off with our equipment and left.
When they did push over after the initial climb those negative Gs would have had me upchucking my lunch. 😄
What’s upchuck?
@@Deltax156
up·chuck
/ˈəpˌCHək/
INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
verb
vomit.
"I almost upchucked my toasted marshmallows"
noun
matter vomited from the stomach.
"a stream of upchuck"
The name for the manoeuvre came from a famous Russian aerobatic ace, it's called the Lunchevac.
@@Deltax156 puke..
@@Deltax156 A meal you get to taste more then once.
I hold a special place in my heart for C-130s. Though they are an old design, their updates are keeping them pretty current. Their short-field capabilities are unmatched.
I logged a number of hours in C-130 H models in the 1980s whilst serving in the California (and later) Missouri Air Nation Guard units.
And what other aircraft of its size and class can do a 3-point turnaround as this one did?
"Phooey to all that pilot skill nonsense. I want JATO rockets!"
Well, you're not wrong 🤷🏻♂️ 🤝
Yeah, not gonna happen ever again, due to the costs associated with getting those bottles serviced.
My pop was a load master on the C-130 during the Vietnam era, also love the big girl.
Love it but part of me wishes they had the c130j 30. The extended fuselage would've been beneficial I'm sure.
I think they specifically stayed away from the long fuselage due to its susceptibility of a ramp strike during high performance take off and landing maneuvers.
-30s are ugly!!
@@AirshowStuffVideos and that too!!👍😁
@@RamblerMan68 : Ha ha... yeah. Had foreign flight crews take possession of 3 new long ones. The first time they were up with the test pilots, the first two dragged the tails on landing. In the third aircraft the test pilot suggested that he land the plane. Base commander was not happy about the scratches on his runway.
We figure the pilots had been practicing with a short version, both in simulators and real aircraft. It was another 10~12 days before they could fly their brand new aircraft home.
So THAT is the reason we still fly the C-130.
Great looking plane and video. Not the same without the JATO, but still nice!
There hasn't been a JATO since Nov. 2009 as cool as the take-offs were that incredibly short take-off here is almost as impressive!
Flew “Fat Alberts” way back in 1979! Absolutely the greatest AT aircraft ever designed!
"A Clean and Jerk". I usta LOVE doing that> Feel the Gs...