Fat Albert Cockpit: Flight
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Blue Angels: Fat Albert Airline on board camera cockpit crew raw flight 16x9 SD
I shot this on the Panosonic HVX200AP 720P30PN. This raw video is of the nine minute performance over Barksdale Airforce Base. Airshow in Bossier City Louisiana included performances by the Blue Angels and Snow Birds. I'll try to upload the HD version once I figure out how. It was a wild ride, mostly because I was in the cargo area and couldn't see what was coming. Thank you to the crew for assistance in strapping in the CAM and patching in audio from the flight.
More about the aircraft:
An all-Marine Corps crew of three officers and five enlisted personnel operate the Lockheed-Martin C-130T Hercules, affectionately known as Fat Albert Airlines. Fat Albert joined the team in 1970 and flies more than 140,000 miles each season. It carries more than 40 maintenance and support personnel, their gear and enough spare parts and communication equipment to complete a successful air show.
Fat Albert cruises at a speed of more than 320 knots (approximately 360 miles per hour) at 27,000 feet. Four Allison turboprop engines, which produce more than 16,000 shaft-horsepower, provide Fat Albert Airlines with the power to land and depart on runways as short as 2,500 feet.
Hands down the BEST cockpit recording on youtube...... This is great!
Textbook cockpit coordination. The FO was outstanding. That short approach was absolutely stunning.
Fat Albert is one of the best parts of the show, the maneuvers are crazy. It’s easy to drift a drift car, but it takes a real professional to do it in a school bus
I had the privilege of sitting on the flight deck while flying with this very same crew during an airshow practice in St. Cloud, Minnesota. One of the highlights of my life.
BigLaker
I know most of them. Great times in Marine Hercs!
Jealous
Awesome in the truest definition.
Co-pilot: "Going outside" and the engineer takes over reading altitude and attitude. Very cool.
This is an ridiculous amount of awesome CRM
Yes, this video is awesome! Front left is the pilot /aircraft commander, front right is the co-pilot, guy in the middle is the engineer who monitors the engines and other aircraft systems. Guy taking the video is in the radio operators seat which is inop now days. Guy to the right mostly out of view is the navigator. Used to work on these in the Marines. Almost reenlisted for a shot at being the mechanic for this thing.
Awesome video guys...I love the banter between a well oiled and proffesional team!
This is the greatest video Ive ever seen. Watching it multiple times, such incredible teamwork
Best CRM video ever! Old SIP for RW and FW. ROcked it!!
Terrific aircraft, check out the steep descent and quick stop, fabulous, good crew.
Excellent CRM.
these guys are superstars. best part is the final where they just drop it on the runway at 1 mile and make the first turnoff with that magnificent crosswind landing. all in a day's work for these guys. they make a hard job look really, really easy!
@sandtr00per An all-Marine Corps crew of three officers and five enlisted personnel operate the Lockheed-Martin C-130T Hercules, affectionately known as Fat Albert Airlines. Fat Albert joined the team in 1970 and flies more than 140,000 miles each season. It carries more than 40 maintenance and support personnel, their gear and enough spare parts and communication equipment to complete a successful air show.
So fucking awesome. Love the hula girl too...adds a nice effect haha
+GingahNinja
First thing I saw. I thought we were bad.
Wow, Just wow. That's more entertaining than any of the jet videos I've watched. Very nicely done.
these pilots are the best! I could watch them all day!!
these pilots are on point
The guy in my video is staff sergeant Tommy Zurek, the plane's loadmaster. The pilots in the front two seats of this video are Captain Edward Jorge (right) and Major Drew Hess or Maj. Brendan Burks on left (I think). Flight engineer GYSGT Ben Chapman did most of the talking to our group.
I like this video. During my european leave in Nov. 1971 I got to fly in the cockpit of a C130. That was a good trip. I was the only passenger on that flight.
HOLY CRAP on that landing
That landing stunned me. I thought all pilots lined up their planes with the runway within a fraction of a compass degree from like two miles out and made a calculated descent, and stayed straight on the runway until they stopped. In this video they approached the runway at at least 10 degrees from the approach end, and there was some yawing once they touched down. Quite similar to my BS landings in flight simulators.
xdragon5 I believe that is demonstrating a war zone landing. Dropping out of the sky like that makes it harder for the enemy to react.
Excellent demonstration of flight crew coordination. Semper Fi!
that looks like a lot of fun! watching fat albert is great! its a great lead in to the blues
HELLO EDDY JORGE! phenomenal pilot.
He flies it like a race car on a track. The landing was awesome.
THAT is how a crew works together. Incredible. It's not a lot of G...but it doesn't matter one bit...the precision of the flying and the coordination was inspiring.
Best video on Tube, man!!!
That is pure teamwork. Love it
beautiful, just beautiful.
Awesome video!!!! Just saw the Sept 19th Performance at NAS Oceana! Watching the vid was like watching poetry in motion! Fat Albert Airlines is First Class all the way!!!!
Early May, part of the Barksdale AFB air show in Bossier City
Good Ole Shreveport
Great video! Absolute best Fat Albert video I've ever seen.
The guy in the middle is the Flight Engineer. Pilot went past the bank angle limitation and the FE checked him on it. Unless you where looking at the gauge you probably wouldn't notice that small of a correction anyway.
Now THIS is how you FLY!!! Freakin' Awesome!
Hula Girl is shaken it....NICE !
wow what a team fantastic film of such an amazing aircraft these blokes are all fighter jocks brilliant stuff!
if you want a definition of crew resource management this is it
Nice video, looks like that c-130 is a blast to fly.
as a pilot myself, i gotta say this is 100% more vocal in the cockpit than myself and my crew do.
its pretty cool to see that fat bird twist in the air! fly 'er like she wants it!!
The Blue Angels never disappoint, ever.
Love lolita on the dash board !! Good job Buddy, nice
That's correct. A hurricane a few years ago washed out a lot of Bert's supply and once they ran out, no more JATO take off's as the bottles aren't made anymore. This and the taxi video are awesome by the way!
0:51 Is way too funny the guys are practically floating lol
Have you seen the videos of the guys in the back STANDING around the ladder?
@ziocody he is calling out the airfield location.. you can hear him say "im outside"
he is telling the pilot where they are relative to the show
Fat Albert was a nickname given to USAF C-5A Galaxy aircraft in the 70's.
That was awesome! I'm going into the Marine Corps as flight crew and there is a very good chance that I will be on C-130's.
Absolute pro's. great flying.
That is really very cool
GREAT CREW COORDINATION!!!!
What an awesome bird ♥️
simply incredible!
Guy on the right is the co-pilot who supports the captain. He is watching the gauges and calling out altitude, airspeed, bank angle, rate of decent, etc... while the captain "flys" the plane. And occasionally when the captain can't see the airport or other visual references because they are on the right side of the aircraft, the guy on the right looks outside the cockpit while the captain flys the gauges, being directed by the co-pilot who can see , until captain can see, and says "contact".
Outstanding CRM
@ziocody That sux. Probably gets a little expensive doing JATO all the time. That -G pushover around the 1 min. mark was great stuff. Damn, I miss the AF. I flew all over the globe on C-130's. The TDY train just kept on rollin'. Great post, bro. One of my favs.
what was the specific issue with the bank angle at 4:54? The FO says "nice catch" to the guy in the middle shortly after. Whatever it was, it must've been pretty subtle, because the bank angle didn't change much between "set it" from right sat and the "bank angle" call from the center.
This is incredible to watch and inspiring. Talk about a well-oiled machine.
Damn right! That was awesome! Thanks for sharing.
excellent
Wow, pros. Pilot, on the ball. Awesome High Performance takeoff as well. A couple seconds of zero G.
They are basically working as a single person with three brains. Communication is perfect.
@jonesy97 I was onboard at the time and this takeoff was not JATO assisted. Several of the viewers have posted that Fat Albert no longer does JATO as a part of their airshow.
That's because they have run out of rockets.
that looks like so much fun
I loved the negative G scene.
Cant get enough of this video LOL.....
Outstanding!
@ziocody Thank you for posting such a great video!! Awesome crew coordination in there. Godspeed sir!!
simply amazing!
@skateboy159 to maintain level flight in a 60 degree banked turn you pull about 2 g's. They are holding 60 for a few seconds and then rolling back to 45 so less than 2 g's for most of it.
ive seen them one time they rock !
AMAZING JOB GENTLEMEN!!
@Louisthefish23 yeah... the kewl thing is that those are all maneuvers that are taught to pilots in (U/G)PT ([Undergraduate/Graduate] Pilot Training) for use in a combat situation...
Sometimes the engineer (Center) will actually leave his seat during the pushover move. After the maneuver is over, he will settle in the Navigator's seat which is behind him (located off camera, to the right). Crazy. Hand Salutes to all those in the armed forces, even those in the Marine Corps. Go Navy!
Best. Use. Of. Hula-girl-on-the-dash. EVER!
This Is Awesome ! ! ! enough said
I luv big planes like these
gorgeous!
Excellent vdo. quite a crazy ride. would have enjoyed it being inside also.
They looked pretty low over some constructed areas. No problem over airports but should avoid low passes over populated areas.
This is despite I love aerial demos and air shows where people gather to see it.
@n1dp Thank you very much !!
Awesome video guys !!!!! Does anybody know what the Flight Engineer flicks off when they level out ??
simply bad ass !!! 'nough said...
@jonesy97 JATO pods are expensive to make and use. I would imagine that it was on the top of the list for budget cuts. They look cool and are useful in a combat situation, but they have no real use in the airshow circuit.
Fantastic!!
@ziocody You're pretty much right, hes looking out for the airport so they can adjust to hit their profile if they need to. Because the pilot is in the left seat and he can't really see it the copilot does it for him. I'll have to watch it again, but I think the copilot takes the controls and the pilot does it for the other direction.
Cool video!
amazing CRM! Great job Marines!
Wow, amazing video! Semper Fi
Effing AMAZING!!! BADASS!!!
that was amazing!!!
Fat albeeert wheels rolling! Nice
@Orangebike666 Pilot (left seat) of course flies the plane. Co-pilot (right seat) calls out airspeed and altitude so the pilot can concentrate on flying the plane. Flight engineer? (center seat) assumes calling out of airspeed and altitude when co-pilot is looking out of cockpit window. The co-pilot call out three sets of numbers, airspeed, altitude and the numbers before he says "set" is the angle of attack the plane is in.
Missed out on the JATO, only select air shows and wasn't with Barksdale this year.
@pwnjeez he is the flight engineer, basically a walking, talking, breathing C-130 Manual... If there is ever a problem onboard he knows how to fix it without thinking about it... He can also act as an extra set of eyes and ears for the pilot and co-pilot, as well as operating the auto-piloting system and controlling all generators, electrical bus systems, and fuel flow
The Hula girl is a nice touch.
Fantastic flying;nobody does it better than THE BLUE ANGEL'S nobody does it better than the the boys in blue!!!!
@antigonish63 They travel where ever the Blue Angels team goes, and most commonly to air shows. This flight was at Barksdale AFB two years ago. I wasn't able to locate a schedule on this internet but I'm sure there is one
Cool! Great vid. Thanks.
AF now FAA, Military aviation is the best around!! Great Job!
the commands are so cool ...
when he goes "OUTSIDE" what is he doing??
The doll is the best.
Oh ok. I can see now lol. I have only seen Fat Albert do the JATO takeoff once at the Vectren Dayton Airshow before they ran out of parts for the bottles.