Official Cool Picture - Video Thread.

[Big Green]

Might be photoshopped.....first one was real but not sure about this one.

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Definitely photoshopped. Fat Albert never performed a carrier landing/takeoff. Funny picture though.

 

[Dad_Roman]

Definitely photoshopped. Fat Albert never performed a carrier landing/takeoff. Funny picture though.

Yea thats what I was wondering. I know they have JATO/RATO systems out there and knew Fat Albert had em. Wasnt sure of the carrier bit.

 

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[Inspector43]

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My son was hanging out of the business end of a tanker over North Dakota. He took a picture like that. When he got it developed (we had to do that back then) I recognized the pilot as a friend of mine who flew out of Peoria, Ill. Rather neat, I thought.

 

[Dad_Roman]

 

[Dad_Roman]

 

[Dad_Roman]

 

[Dad_Roman]

Gimli Glider......

 

[Dad_Roman]

 

[Dad_Roman]

 

[Dad_Roman]

 

[PhulesAu]

Rocket assist C-130's are real.

True, but not Fat Albert launching from a carrier.

 

[vmax]

Rocket assist C-130's are real.

JATO

 

[easy rider]

True, but not Fat Albert launching from a carrier.

Although a KC-130-F has in 1963 on the Forrestal.

 

[Texasgordo]

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[Inspector43]

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Before I get one, I wonder how hard it would be for the wife to dust it.

 

[txinvestigator]

Yea thats what I was wondering. I know they have JATO/RATO systems out there and knew Fat Albert had em. Wasnt sure of the carrier bit.

They ran out of JATO, so they don't use it anymore. Last use was 2009

 

[kbaxter60]

They ran out of JATO, so they don't use it anymore. Last use was 2009

And it seemed to work better for takeoff than for landing:

 

[vmax]

I was on duty when a D Model C 130 was doing para drop cargo deployment training on a dirt strip
The pilot hit hard and the damn wingtips seemed like they flexed 4 feet!

He put the power on and up she went
Amazing airplanes

 

[pupjoint]

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Really like the slo mo vids