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Picture of the Day
By Bull Nav
Occasional reader and commenter Old Tanker sent me a few pictures from the Battle Creek Airshow back on 01 JUL. This is one of my favorites (and his pics were a WAAAY better than the ones I took).
Fat Albert performing a JATO.
That was the second time in 3 years of watching the Blue Angels perform that we got to see them start the show with JATO.
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wow!
It's been a few years since I've seen the BA, I don't even remember Fat Albert doing this.
In fact, I was completely unfamiliar with JATO until I saw this post. Very cool, thanks to OT for sending.
Give the Hotel Tango to my Dad, these were his pictures....wait 'til you see the other ones I sent to bullnav......
Cool! I've never seen a JATO take off.
Gotta be some kind of serious rush piloting a behemoth C-130 like that off the ground at those speeds.
I'm guessing that bird gets some seriously intensive maintenance inspections - those takeoffs have got to be stressing something...
yeah I've gotta admit, I've never seen a herky bird flying at such a steep grade. Those maneuvers are usually reserved for fighter jocks.
I've seen it once. They're very loud, by the way.
really interesting sir, thanks
It was a very nice idea! Just wanna say thank you for the information you have shared. Just continue writing this kind of post. I will be your loyal reader. Thanks again.
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Great picture.
Thanks