Over San Francisco, pt 3 - Fat Albert.jpg (1/1)

"Dave D" wrote in message
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"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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I'm not sure where you got the nickname "Fat Albert" for the pictured
aircraft but "Fat Albert" was the unofficial nickname for the C5A Galaxy.
Then in the late 1970s the Air Force issued policy statements to the
effect that it was not an "appropriate" nickname....

DaveD
The Blue Angels have had 7 different C-130's. The first KC-130F replaced the
Blue Angels C-121 in 1970. The Marine flight crew named it Fat Albert after
the Bill Cosby cartoon. When it was replaced with another C-130 1973, the
Fat Albert name stayed with the aircraft.