I think a lot of people under-appreciate the airmanship on display with Fat Albert. Anyone can do donuts in a sports car, but it takes a real pilot to do them in a school bus.
Reece Drystek, C-130J is military transport, not 'school bus' by any means. With it's 14 megawatt powerplant per 35t takeoff weight (for demo flights w/o cargo), it outperfoms most of sports cars by power/weight ratio, and it's in one league by power and power-to-weight with heavy multirole fighters, like F-15 or Russian Su-35.
@@stevenhuckaby2902 The man is the flight engineer. He is not instructing the woman. The woman is the captain and completely in charge of flying and the entire plane. The man is simply reciting readouts and marks for the demonstration. I do remember him from other videos and he has quite the character. My favourite is when they hit V2 and rotate and he shouts, "Let's go flying."
My father was a Lt. Col. Marine ACE Pilot in the Marine Corps. 25 years, friends with Pappy Boyington. He was CO at El Toro and Camp Pendleton in California. Always loved the Blue Angels and Fat Albert has always been my favorite. Thank you gang for this video, it was great, and great to see this little lady do such a great job with such a great crew. Many Thanks for sharing !
Holy checklist discipline. The way all crew members chant the verbal calls and responses, the enthusiasm... amazing. I've flown with Air Force crews who actually got away with not running the take-off checklist until they were in climb-out. Really good flying too.
So why does the guy in the middle do a lot of the adjustments ( who I assume is the engeener) and not the copilot? In fact I didn't see the pilot do much of anything.
She flys with absolute confidence. An total trust of her Co pilot They never even flinched with all that joyus ruckus from the peanut gallery! These three Warriors Of The Sky are top notch phenomenal! Loved the character chat felt cartoonist Well done superheroes!
I really enjoyed watching this vid.. great team work, communications and sharp alertness. I Salute you all, and excellent command and control Captain Katie Higgins.
It’s very satisfying to see aggressive and massive yoke deflections when most cockpit videos emphasize minute control inputs for a smooth flight. Neat how these columns turn beyond 90 degrees for turns. Also love the frosty AC coming out of the vents.
I’ve always found at shows people do not respect FA as much as they should. It’s viewed as a sort of filler for the main show but the crews are just as qualified, professional, focused, and skilled as every pilot in the show. It takes an amount of precision and focus not found in many aviators to make a big bird like that do the things they do with it and in many aspects are even more difficult than flying 1-7. My favorite part of the demo 😊
Folks don't understand that the entire Blue Angels' show is tightly choreographed and, yes, they are all professionals. I'm not just making noise here when I say that these people are the best of the best! They are all the very tops, cream of the crop in their jobs or they don't make the team. I love big planes! When I fly planes my simulator (I would kill to have access to a real simulator for an old 707 or something of that nature or even the flight deck of an old 4 engine beast like the Lockheed Constellation), I love to fly only the big propeller driven aircraft, the C-130 included. 🤪 I regret never learning to fly especially given my family's history. My brother is also a helo pilot, retired. My bro-in-law is a retired Marine Corps aviator of fixed wing A/C and helos. I got to see Fat Albert and the Angels many times, and I can tell you it was always a thrilling pleasure. My Pops was in the Air Force so growing up I never missed an air show with the Thunderbirds. I first saw them perfotm way back in 1960/1961 when they were flying F-100s Super Sabres! I LOVE AIRPLANES! This a great video! Thanks for sharing. What a treat!
I love the end of the show when Fat Albert takes off using RATO rockets. What a kick that would be to be on board during such an event! More fun than a ride along in an F/A-18 for me. That's got to be a real kick in the pants!
That low LOW level high speed passes is Honestly some precision flying..this is such a versatile plane for one of its size. Amazingly impressive flying.
My father was a career USAF navigator who served from 1952-73. He flew in C-130s at Forbes AFB in Topeka from 1970-73. The C-130 was his favorite plane.
2 great videos. I am so proud of all you Marines. I want to urge all young females I know to consider following Katie's footsteps. I got to sit in the aft part of the cockpit in Turkey when we did some combat maneuvers, WOW. Thank you all.
Great video, start to end. Love the hula girl and really love the necker's knob on the tiller! Great teamwork in the cockpit. Major Higgins Cook [Captain in this video, since promoted] exercised precision control authority every maneuver. Enjoyed the shadow dance on approach and way to stick a landing. Semper Fi!
I find myself recreating the "da ta da FULL POWEEERRR" part any time im running equipment and require full power lol It has made pushing snow that much more entertaining.
I spent from '80-'83 aboard USS Lexington, home ported at NAS P-Cola. Watching the Blue's practice from the flight deck..., I feel like I owe the Navy money for that honor. Then, at NAS Kingsville, as a Facility Watch Supervisor, Air Traffic Control, I was honored by being the FWS for two "Wings Over South Texas' featuring the Blue Angels. And Capt. Higgins, you flew it like you stole it (the air show that is). The pride swells within seeing the professionalism, love of aviation, and enthusiasm this crew demonstrated. I'll be down there for the upcoming 2020 show hosted by NAS Kingsville, TX in April, y'all come on down now, ya hear.
I love the thumbs-up and fist bump the FE and copilot give each other at 16:48. Silent and simple, but says alot. "Hey, hell of a flight, great job, and I can't wait to do it again next time."
Anybody who watches this and thinks "unprofessional" lacks some serious critical thinking skills. Military pilots are the best, and the demo teams only choose the best *from the already* top of the class.
I served 10yrs as a Crew Chief on the B-1b and never got the chance to fly in it. I got the opportunity to watch a Jato assisted take-off at an Air show I was working once and always thought if I had the choice Between that and a high speed low altitude flight in my own B-1, it would be that Fat Albert Take-off. I got the chance to fly in 3 different cargo aircraft, the C-130 rides always sucked the most... but they didn’t have rockets... Does the C-130J Fat Albert have the Jato assist capability still?
WOW. I got the chance to ride in it as a media member a roughly 4 or 5 years back before the Wings Over Houston Air Show (highly recommend going!!). Unfortunately I attended a Tequila Tasting the night before. But that's another story. The flight was insane, but I only could see out side windows across the plane as the seats in back run across the sides of the plans facing in toward center (and out the opposite side windows) for a visual reference to the ground. So seeing this view backs up went I felt inside. They went ZeroG. We were strapped in, but some of the crew "floated" while holding onto a latter they had in the plane. Great experience!
John Ennis I agree it was an amazing experience with an amazing crew! My only views were during the abrupt bank turns very brief but also very cool! I was able to see Pensacola beach.
Guy in the center, the carnival barker, just wanted to ride along. "Oh, man! I always wanted to sit in one of these things and flip switches and push buttons! Wow! My dream come true! So many buttons and switches to play with! OMG! I'm in heaven! I wonder what this one does?" Boom.
Ever fly with the back open for no other reason than you could? Awesome, experience & scares the crap out of AFJROTC cadets. I'm partial to riding in the cockpit, but that's because I'm an aviation nerd.
I'd love to be able to hear a clear recording of that crew chief's animated recitation of engine and gearbox parameter checkpoints coming alive at startup. We never did that in the CH-53D world.
@@enigmascharm7573 thanks for the update, I played it by chrome cast at my friends electritronic store,on one those huge 90inch?all the goodies,4k wow,insane🇨🇦
Awesome flying out there gents , hell lot of memories coming up flying in South West Africa during the war , and Katie Higgins YOU GO GIRL !!! SHE GOT IT !!!
TheC-130 flight manual is written for average experienced crews; this crew is obviously not in that category. 45 degrees of bank is published as the safe maximum. This crew goes to 60 with no worries. I have been to 80 and know of old trashhaulers in the Four Horseman who have barrel-rolled the airplane regularly and loved it.
I was lucky enough to get a ride on Fat Albert about ten years ago at the Reno Air Races. I have to say that it's hard to appreciate the forces (g's) that they put that C-130 through observing from the ground. I don't like to fly and it scared the crap out of me but I'd do it again if I had the chance.
What a totall thrill of a job. This is about the best job in the world...top of your skill, perfecft age and balls out showing off the best of this Country. Bravo Angles!
Are you sure about that? Here she is almost crashing that C-130 in Melbourne on the same year. /watch?v=oQb-iylWCpk I think her commander Major Dusty Cook is creating an environment where his crew are not taking seriously the dangers of flight. Just look at how he did the checklist whilst Katie stares out the windshield. These "hotdogs" might end up dead one day if they don't smarten the fuck up.
How many watched the "Attitude Indicator" during the video? Over 30K hrs of service and 17 yrs, this Fat Albert retired in 2019.. I think they got a newer C-130J this year (2020)..
Can someone explain to me what the smoke is in the cockpit seen at the beginning of the vid at the right sid windows? Is it to cool the cockpit down? Or..?
@@Bladez1964 Makes sense thank you! My dad is a loadmaster in the Belgian Air Force for the C-130's. I've been lucky to fly in these enormous monsters! Even had the opportunity to do a tandem skydive out it. Appreciate the video and keep up the cool content!
I noticed that Fat Albert has at least 4 cockpit crew. Pilot, Copilot and two Flight Engineers? Or was the 4th the Loadmaster making a visit to the cockpit? I also noticed a wobble toy, hula dancer on top of the instrument panel. Is she an official crew member, lol? BTW, for a 4-engine aircraft, the Herc is capable of some very impressive maneuvers!!!
Yeah it's totally f'ing insane and she almost crashed the plane IMO. Watch this landing the crew did in Melbourne of that same year. /watch?v=oQb-iylWCpk Not sure if it was Dusty or Katie behind the stick but they almost blew it. A simple cross shear gust and it would have been all over.
She almost takes the C-130 into a stand of trees at one point as well. They were showboating/hotdogging because it seems they had civs/family on board that day. TOTAL F'ING IDIOTS
UMMM.....You have to be the best of the best to fly for the Blue Angels. They're, i can assure you, no idiots, but highly trained highly skilled pilots
Notice the crew coordination. There is no conversation on takeoff roll when the flight controls transfer to the pilot. In a normal aircraft, you would hear "my controls" from the pilot and "your controls" from the copilot. These two know each other. At the proper point, the copilot lets go and the pilot takes control - silently.
Flight crews don't count on silent assumptions for transfer of control. Check this video of a Fat Albert takeoff, which includes the intercom audio: ua-cam.com/video/Z9h_pD9wC_k/v-deo.html Transfer of control is crisp, concrete, and not silent: Flight Engineer: "80 knots" Pilot: "My yoke" CoPilot: "Your Yoke" (Edit: Actually, it looks like the CoPilot made the airspeed callout...) Back to this video, check the action right around 8:53. It's hard to distinguish between talking and gum chewing, but as she moves her left hand from the nosewheel tiller to the yoke, you see her chin make a sharp movement out of rhythm with her gum chewing, which is certainly the "My yoke" call. We can't see the first officer's mouth at this point, but you can see him follow her with his left hand on the yoke for just a second before he relaxes his grip. Flight crews don't transfer control silently.
Logan Jones I think it is a long mounting bracket for the adjustable sun shade. Cockpits on most large aircraft have them just above the center windscreen stretching out across the side windows. A tinted piece of plexy glass with a special clamp screwed into it allows the aircrew to place the shade wherever they want.
Chewing gum helps with airsickness and also helps in equalizing the inner ear. As a pilot myself I love the hula girl. Almost every pilot I've known had a talisman of some sort. When in the Army Air Cav I had a Mickey Mouse key chain on my flight
Fat Albert was not using JATO by 2015 due to the supply of JATO bottles in US inventory being depleted. What you see at 9:23 is a result of pushing the nose over.
I love flying. I was a crew chief on C-141's. I've been in the flight station during combat approaches. Touch-n-go's. Been the back during troop drops over Ft. Bragg. No worries. I would have been begging for them to let me off this plane mid flight. Wow.
All I can think of is a bunch of flying cows chewing the cud. It MAY have a function with equalizing of the ears, but it becomes an addictive UGLY habit !!! Do they stop chewing during meal times ??? Oh ?? They were flying ? Must watch again ;-)
I would guess that during the climb her focus is on the attitude indicator, keeping a certain climb angle and keeping wings level. The climb has to end when the airspeed decreases to a certain amount or the aircraft will stall. Sounds like the copilot is monitoring airspeed, if you listen closely you can hear him shout "110" right as the engineer taps her shoulder. The shoulder tap is another way of letting the pilot know to push the nose over and stop the climb. Say, for example, if the intercom failed and the copilots airspeed call out wasn't heard, the pilot would feel the tap and know to stop the climb.
I think a lot of people under-appreciate the airmanship on display with Fat Albert. Anyone can do donuts in a sports car, but it takes a real pilot to do them in a school bus.
And knowing you can't eject
Reece Drystek, C-130J is military transport, not 'school bus' by any means. With it's 14 megawatt powerplant per 35t takeoff weight (for demo flights w/o cargo), it outperfoms most of sports cars by power/weight ratio, and it's in one league by power and power-to-weight with heavy multirole fighters, like F-15 or Russian Su-35.
@@thelittlebigoneru figure of speech 🤣🤣
I recognize the man instructing the girl from another video
@@stevenhuckaby2902 The man is the flight engineer. He is not instructing the woman. The woman is the captain and completely in charge of flying and the entire plane. The man is simply reciting readouts and marks for the demonstration.
I do remember him from other videos and he has quite the character. My favourite is when they hit V2 and rotate and he shouts, "Let's go flying."
I like how laser focused the crew is even with the cackling and screams. Very professional crew
Headsets are a Godsend.
My father was a Lt. Col. Marine ACE Pilot in the Marine Corps. 25 years, friends with Pappy Boyington. He was CO at El Toro and Camp Pendleton in California. Always loved the Blue Angels and Fat Albert has always been my favorite. Thank you gang for this video, it was great, and great to see this little lady do such a great job with such a great crew. Many Thanks for sharing !
Holy checklist discipline. The way all crew members chant the verbal calls and responses, the enthusiasm... amazing. I've flown with Air Force crews who actually got away with not running the take-off checklist until they were in climb-out. Really good flying too.
So why does the guy in the middle do a lot of the adjustments ( who I assume is the engeener) and not the copilot?
In fact I didn't see the pilot do much of anything.
Best of the best...best pilots...best aircrew...best ground crew...amazing stuff....NO ONE does it better....GO NAVY!
Great show Capt. That is one hell of an aircraft.. truly amazing to watch ol Fat Albert throw down the dance moves..
Man she's flying the hell out of that Herc. Way to go Capt. Higgins!
Me Too You must have never heard of the Blue Angels
You must be new here
@ Did you even watch the video?
@ dont guess you seen the negative Gs huh
She flys with absolute confidence. An total trust of her Co pilot They never even flinched with all that joyus ruckus from the peanut gallery! These three Warriors Of The Sky are top notch phenomenal!
Loved the character chat felt cartoonist Well done superheroes!
I really enjoyed watching this vid.. great team work, communications and sharp alertness. I Salute you all, and excellent command and control Captain Katie Higgins.
It’s very satisfying to see aggressive and massive yoke deflections when most cockpit videos emphasize minute control inputs for a smooth flight. Neat how these columns turn beyond 90 degrees for turns. Also love the frosty AC coming out of the vents.
I’ve always found at shows people do not respect FA as much as they should. It’s viewed as a sort of filler for the main show but the crews are just as qualified, professional, focused, and skilled as every pilot in the show. It takes an amount of precision and focus not found in many aviators to make a big bird like that do the things they do with it and in many aspects are even more difficult than flying 1-7. My favorite part of the demo 😊
Folks don't understand that the entire Blue Angels' show is tightly choreographed and, yes, they are all professionals. I'm not just making noise here when I say that these people are the best of the best! They are all the very tops, cream of the crop in their jobs or they don't make the team.
I love big planes! When I fly planes my simulator (I would kill to have access to a real simulator for an old 707 or something of that nature or even the flight deck of an old 4 engine beast like the Lockheed Constellation), I love to fly only the big propeller driven aircraft, the C-130 included. 🤪 I regret never learning to fly especially given my family's history. My brother is also a helo pilot, retired.
My bro-in-law is a retired Marine Corps aviator of fixed wing A/C and helos. I got to see Fat Albert and the Angels many times, and I can tell you it was always a thrilling pleasure. My Pops was in the Air Force so growing up I never missed an air show with the Thunderbirds. I first saw them perfotm way back in 1960/1961 when they were flying F-100s Super Sabres! I LOVE AIRPLANES!
This a great video! Thanks for sharing. What a treat!
I love the end of the show when Fat Albert takes off using RATO rockets. What a kick that would be to be on board during such an event! More fun than a ride along in an F/A-18 for me. That's got to be a real kick in the pants!
Oh I like everything about the Blue Angels show including Fat Albert and the entire crew.
That low LOW level high speed passes is Honestly some precision flying..this is such a versatile plane for one of its size. Amazingly impressive flying.
As an old AF Herk driver, I especially liked the Hula Girl. The Herk world is unlike any other aviation operation.
Agreed, I was a loadmaster on Herks
My father was a career USAF navigator who served from 1952-73. He flew in C-130s at Forbes AFB in Topeka from 1970-73. The C-130 was his favorite plane.
2 great videos. I am so proud of all you Marines. I want to urge all young females I know to consider following Katie's footsteps. I got to sit in the aft part of the cockpit in Turkey when we did some combat maneuvers, WOW. Thank you all.
Awesome stick handling Katie!
Gotta love the hula dancer on the dash as an attitude indicator!!!
Great video, start to end. Love the hula girl and really love the necker's knob on the tiller! Great teamwork in the cockpit. Major Higgins Cook [Captain in this video, since promoted] exercised precision control authority every maneuver. Enjoyed the shadow dance on approach and way to stick a landing. Semper Fi!
I find myself recreating the "da ta da FULL POWEEERRR" part any time im running equipment and require full power lol It has made pushing snow that much more entertaining.
🤣💪
That was some of the most impressive flying I have ever seen. Damn.
I spent from '80-'83 aboard USS Lexington, home ported at NAS P-Cola. Watching the Blue's practice from the flight deck..., I feel like I owe the Navy money for that honor. Then, at NAS Kingsville, as a Facility Watch Supervisor, Air Traffic Control, I was honored by being the FWS for two "Wings Over South Texas' featuring the Blue Angels. And Capt. Higgins, you flew it like you stole it (the air show that is). The pride swells within seeing the professionalism, love of aviation, and enthusiasm this crew demonstrated. I'll be down there for the upcoming 2020 show hosted by NAS Kingsville, TX in April, y'all come on down now, ya hear.
I love the thumbs-up and fist bump the FE and copilot give each other at 16:48. Silent and simple, but says alot. "Hey, hell of a flight, great job, and I can't wait to do it again next time."
The “old” Fat Albert, a C-130H, has been Retired! The “new” Fat Albert is a C-130J and should already be with The Blue Angels!
Marc Liebhold former royal airforce c130j too
I rode the 'H'. The flight after mine was supposed to be the last JADO takeoff (mine was not JADO).
About time they switch over to a j
Why don’t they do JATO anymore?
Tim Matteson not enough JATO units.
A pleasure to be on board with the Air Crew of the Blue Angels Fat Albert.
David
Was you on this flight ? If so, who was the annoying screaming woman who was obviously not prepared for the ride ?
I'd like to see a split screen of the inside and outside from the ground at the same time.
That would be awesome!
Freakin' awesome video. ---Thank you guys & lady!!
Love it, nice to see what our young men and women do for us. Thank you for your service, and GOD BLESSED each and every service man and woman.
Awesome vid. I just LOVE the Herk. May it be produced for the next hundred years.
Controlledburst we're moving to unmanned aircraft. In 100 yrs there will be no real pilots.
Sam Young I will make my own plane and be a real pilot
This was amazing! Watched it from beginning to end! Great ride-along. Would love to have her as my pilot!
Chewing gum not only helps with clearing the ears for altitude, it is also an aid to help relax. Some may view it as unprofessional, but it works.
Anybody who watches this and thinks "unprofessional" lacks some serious critical thinking skills. Military pilots are the best, and the demo teams only choose the best *from the already* top of the class.
I served 10yrs as a Crew Chief on the B-1b and never got the chance to fly in it. I got the opportunity to watch a Jato assisted take-off at an Air show I was working once and always thought if I had the choice Between that and a high speed low altitude flight in my own B-1, it would be that Fat Albert Take-off. I got the chance to fly in 3 different cargo aircraft, the C-130 rides always sucked the most... but they didn’t have rockets...
Does the C-130J Fat Albert have the Jato assist capability still?
J K Unfortunately they no longer use Jato. I was told it was due to budget cuts :(. Thank you for your service!
WOW. I got the chance to ride in it as a media member a roughly 4 or 5 years back before the Wings Over Houston Air Show (highly recommend going!!). Unfortunately I attended a Tequila Tasting the night before. But that's another story. The flight was insane, but I only could see out side windows across the plane as the seats in back run across the sides of the plans facing in toward center (and out the opposite side windows) for a visual reference to the ground. So seeing this view backs up went I felt inside. They went ZeroG. We were strapped in, but some of the crew "floated" while holding onto a latter they had in the plane. Great experience!
John Ennis I agree it was an amazing experience with an amazing crew! My only views were during the abrupt bank turns very brief but also very cool! I was able to see Pensacola beach.
Guy in the center, the carnival barker, just wanted to ride along. "Oh, man! I always wanted to sit in one of these things and flip switches and push buttons! Wow! My dream come true! So many buttons and switches to play with! OMG! I'm in heaven! I wonder what this one does?" Boom.
Still fun to watch... every time!
Flew in many Hercules, such an amazing aircraft ❤️
Ever fly with the back open for no other reason than you could? Awesome, experience & scares the crap out of AFJROTC cadets. I'm partial to riding in the cockpit, but that's because I'm an aviation nerd.
I'd love to be able to hear a clear recording of that crew chief's animated recitation of engine and gearbox parameter checkpoints coming alive at startup. We never did that in the CH-53D world.
Here ya go. ua-cam.com/video/Z9h_pD9wC_k/v-deo.html
@@enigmascharm7573 thanks for the update, I played it by chrome cast at my friends electritronic store,on one those huge 90inch?all the goodies,4k wow,insane🇨🇦
But this is flight engineer speaking, not a crew chief
Katie Higgins is a national treasure!
A national treasure ?
Seriously??? She is PIC and she's performing aerobatics with unsecured passengers. The FAA should investigate.......
Awesome flying out there gents , hell lot of memories coming up flying in South West Africa during the war , and Katie Higgins YOU GO GIRL !!! SHE GOT IT !!!
TheC-130 flight manual is written for average experienced crews; this crew is obviously not in that category. 45 degrees of bank is published as the safe maximum. This crew goes to 60 with no worries. I have been to 80 and know of old trashhaulers in the Four Horseman who have barrel-rolled the airplane regularly and loved it.
I was lucky enough to get a ride on Fat Albert about ten years ago at the Reno Air Races. I have to say that it's hard to appreciate the forces (g's) that they put that C-130 through observing from the ground. I don't like to fly and it scared the crap out of me but I'd do it again if I had the chance.
What a totall thrill of a job. This is about the best job in the world...top of your skill, perfecft age and balls out showing off the best of this Country. Bravo Angles!
Excellent flying Katie!
Are you sure about that? Here she is almost crashing that C-130 in Melbourne on the same year.
/watch?v=oQb-iylWCpk
I think her commander Major Dusty Cook is creating an environment where his crew are not taking seriously the dangers of flight.
Just look at how he did the checklist whilst Katie stares out the windshield.
These "hotdogs" might end up dead one day if they don't smarten the fuck up.
"Almost crashing"
@@hiropro2746 no such thing as almost crashing in aviation homie. Poor flying yes.
@@hiropro2746 I thought he was being a little loose with the gear.
Zero G at 9:23! Is that Captain Higgins piloting? Yay! Ooorah!
How many watched the "Attitude Indicator" during the video? Over 30K hrs of service and 17 yrs, this Fat Albert retired in 2019.. I think they got a newer C-130J this year (2020)..
OMG I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!!!!! She's a BEAST!! Well done Capt. Higgins!
What is the feed supply tube the Co Pilot is trying to tear off it's mountings in his excitement?
Thank you for dropping this. Awesome. Much appreciated 🙏!😎✌🏻🇺🇲💯
My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it :)
The nose wheel steering wheel on the C-130 always made me giggle.
9:30 What's with the tap on the shoulder before they hit zero G??
That they’re all prepared
Hats off to the flight engineer[F/E].
Can someone explain to me what the smoke is in the cockpit seen at the beginning of the vid at the right sid windows? Is it to cool the cockpit down? Or..?
Drub it isn’t smoke it’s more like condensation because it is very hot and humid especially in Florida.
@@Bladez1964 Makes sense thank you! My dad is a loadmaster in the Belgian Air Force for the C-130's. I've been lucky to fly in these enormous monsters! Even had the opportunity to do a tandem skydive out it. Appreciate the video and keep up the cool content!
Are they horsing around or do they have to communicate by singing and screeching to hear one another because it's so loud?
Love this video! Love the Blue Angels!!
This was bad ass!
I noticed that Fat Albert has at least 4 cockpit crew. Pilot, Copilot and two Flight Engineers? Or was the 4th the Loadmaster making a visit to the cockpit? I also noticed a wobble toy, hula dancer on top of the instrument panel. Is she an official crew member, lol? BTW, for a 4-engine aircraft, the Herc is capable of some very impressive maneuvers!!!
What an amazing pilot she is holy crap.
What's the over/under on distance from wing tip to ground at 11:11? Say, fifteen feet? Wings extend 66'3" from center of the fuselage.
Yeah it's totally f'ing insane and she almost crashed the plane IMO. Watch this landing the crew did in Melbourne of that same year.
/watch?v=oQb-iylWCpk
Not sure if it was Dusty or Katie behind the stick but they almost blew it. A simple cross shear gust and it would have been all over.
She almost takes the C-130 into a stand of trees at one point as well. They were showboating/hotdogging because it seems they had civs/family on board that day.
TOTAL F'ING IDIOTS
HiroPro what did the blues do to you holy shit
They wouldn't do it if it wasnt safe. They are airshow pilots after all. I think they know what they are doing. Hahaha.
UMMM.....You have to be the best of the best to fly for the Blue Angels. They're, i can assure you, no idiots, but highly trained highly skilled pilots
Is that Capt. Katie Higgins sitting left seat, I hope she's an amazing Pilot.
Indeed it is!
Is that use of chewing gum part of the checklist ?
Who was doing all the screaming ?
Animal tvi that would be the media that was on board.
Too bad the audio wasn't "piped" thru the Go-Pro as well. It would have been fun to hear the crew, other than the engine sounds.
Ask, and ye shall receive:
Pre-flight/taxi: ua-cam.com/video/K5ISdNHYnZw/v-deo.html
In-flight: ua-cam.com/video/Z9h_pD9wC_k/v-deo.html
I was here to see who pressed the extra jets button
I love my Thunder Pig! USSG Aviator. Weapons, weather, whatever cannot knock knock us down.
have always been curious, what are the facts about the hulu girl on Fat Albert's Dash????
Very professional crew with their sh*t together!
That is really crazy maneuvering! Wow...love it.👍👍
How come the guys behind are not strapped in they float on the push over.
Awesome video
Notice the crew coordination. There is no conversation on takeoff roll when the flight controls transfer to the pilot. In a normal aircraft, you would hear "my controls" from the pilot and "your controls" from the copilot. These two know each other. At the proper point, the copilot lets go and the pilot takes control - silently.
Flight crews don't count on silent assumptions for transfer of control.
Check this video of a Fat Albert takeoff, which includes the intercom audio: ua-cam.com/video/Z9h_pD9wC_k/v-deo.html Transfer of control is crisp, concrete, and not silent: Flight Engineer: "80 knots" Pilot: "My yoke" CoPilot: "Your Yoke" (Edit: Actually, it looks like the CoPilot made the airspeed callout...)
Back to this video, check the action right around 8:53. It's hard to distinguish between talking and gum chewing, but as she moves her left hand from the nosewheel tiller to the yoke, you see her chin make a sharp movement out of rhythm with her gum chewing, which is certainly the "My yoke" call. We can't see the first officer's mouth at this point, but you can see him follow her with his left hand on the yoke for just a second before he relaxes his grip.
Flight crews don't transfer control silently.
you should reshot this video in 360 that would be sooo cool
I need a NAC ring like that Engineer is wearing. Anybody, where can I get one?
Love the female Pilot. She a badass!!
The hero for me is the FE, quietly making sure everything's working... When not floating round the f/d....
What is he saying? Where can I find what he’s saying?
Would have been great to hear what they were saying. Did this include a JATO. Super skilled pilot.
Unfortunately no JATO anymore but still an incredible experience.
Love it! Makes me long for my air force days.
Nothing sexier than a confident woman in uniform proudly serving her country.
At 14:50 ..what is the metal line he is holding on to with his hand? Is that a hydraulic line?
Logan Jones I think it is a long mounting bracket for the adjustable sun shade. Cockpits on most large aircraft have them just above the center windscreen stretching out across the side windows. A tinted piece of plexy glass with a special clamp screwed into it allows the aircrew to place the shade wherever they want.
Chewing gum helps with airsickness and also helps in equalizing the inner ear. As a pilot myself I love the hula girl. Almost every pilot I've known had a talisman of some sort. When in the Army Air Cav I had a Mickey Mouse key chain on my flight
Nice idea, but I don't know anyone who did.
I see that they like a mini steering wheel. is that only on the left pilot?
+pxp_xbx That's the tiller bar used for nose wheel steering on the ground. At higher speeds, they use the petals to keep the plane going straight.
Captain Katie Higgins rocks..!! she's a terrific georgeous female pilot with attitude...!!! God bless females pilots..!!
She's not a female pilot. She's a pilot.
Tom
@Tomas Olivieri - "God" bless all pilots chosen via the notion of meritocracy.
@@TheAustralianMade is there any problem if she's going to be called a lady pilot?
And altitude.
would be nice to hear the pilots
What's the smoke looking stuff to the right of the co-pilot blowing on him?
condensation
What's the vapor being emitted inside the cockpit beside the co-pilots window?
Must be oxygen!
air conditioning vent...
Are Fat Albert displays flown PIC only or does the F/O get stick time as well?
Bloody Hell!!!
That is amazing flying
who's that lady at the back that keeps on screaming in the entire flight?
Its the news reporter (you can see her talk on another clip) related to this vid.
I LOVE the point at 9:23 when the JATO bottles are putting SOOOOOO much thrust they are weightless..
Fat Albert was not using JATO by 2015 due to the supply of JATO bottles in US inventory being depleted. What you see at 9:23 is a result of pushing the nose over.
That's awesome the plane has "oh shit" handles, just like an SUV.
I love flying. I was a crew chief on C-141's. I've been in the flight station during combat approaches. Touch-n-go's. Been the back during troop drops over Ft. Bragg. No worries.
I would have been begging for them to let me off this plane mid flight. Wow.
Pretty cool when they we zero g at 9:20!
who's the guy behind with a navy blue colored uniform, is he the flight instructor?
khalel khaled no, flight engineer
Dang...you go girl!!!!
Not a sickness.it's to equalize pressure to your ear drum
I was way too focused on the gum chewing...
6:26 "Is this thing recording?"
All I can think of is a bunch of flying cows chewing the cud. It MAY have a function with equalizing of the ears, but it becomes an addictive UGLY habit !!! Do they stop chewing during meal times ??? Oh ?? They were flying ? Must watch again ;-)
To pop their ears during rapid elevation
Peter Williamson wasn’t ugly to me, but then again I was capable of focusing on more important aspects of the video
I love the small and tiny steering wheel .
It’s bigger in person
Did they use the jato
RobertTRX - no. Due to budget constraints they no longer use jato :(
Why do you taxi with the fuel X-feed valves open?
BobMaineVH to even the weight distribution,ie weight and balance between 1,2 and 3,4 for TO.
With the crossfeed valve open, turning off the fuel pumps on one tank will cause more fuel to be drawn from the tanks on the other side
I love the hula girl on the dash!
Why did the person tap Katie on the shoulder when climbing?
I would guess that during the climb her focus is on the attitude indicator, keeping a certain climb angle and keeping wings level. The climb has to end when the airspeed decreases to a certain amount or the aircraft will stall. Sounds like the copilot is monitoring airspeed, if you listen closely you can hear him shout "110" right as the engineer taps her shoulder. The shoulder tap is another way of letting the pilot know to push the nose over and stop the climb. Say, for example, if the intercom failed and the copilots airspeed call out wasn't heard, the pilot would feel the tap and know to stop the climb.
John Bernas thanks.
100% correct
what is your favorite Gum?.
would love to see this video from outside fat Albert. seeing a c130 in stunt mode must really be a show
It is an amazing show!
Awesome coordination between the flight crew😀