My Ride On The Fat Albert

In 2009, I was given the amazing opportunity to ride with the Blue Angels on the Fat Albert. I was more than a little nervous but three things stand out from that day: looking out of the window and seeing the ground only to realize we were flying on our side, watching a flight crew member hold on to a ladder rung before going airborne like Superman and how bad I feel for the poor man sitting beside me.

The C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft originally designed as a troop, medivac and cargo transport aircraft. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 is a massive beast with impressive capabilities and one of the few military aircraft to remain in continuous production for over 50 years

Today, over 40 models and variants of the Hercules serve with more than 60 nations.