[MilCom] San Francisco Fleet Week Update

[Greg Brazil]

Yesterday;

126.4 Air Boss, Blue Knights C130,

121.05 Lucas Oil

333.3 Canadian CF-18

376.025 USAF F-22

136.95 Breitling Jets

275.35 Blue Angles show center

251.6 BA solos off center

237.8 BA use unknown

284.25 Reported, but not heard by me.

No Fat Albert flying yesterday.

It usually begins with Fat Albert.

The bulky, slow-moving C-130 support plane rumbles through the sky and 
then there's a moment of silence before you hear the roar of the U.S. 
Navy Blue Angels and the bright blue jets swoop over San Francisco, 
rattling windows, waking up napping babies, and leading many to feel 
that same rush of excitement they experience when watching the film /Top 
Gun/.

But the plane affectionately referred to by many as simply "Bert" won't 
be making its usual circle around the city at the beginning and end of 
the Blue Angels shows during Fleet Week 2016 in San Francisco.

Lt. Joe Hontz, a spokesperson for the Navy's flying team, said in a 
statement, "Fat Albert is undergoing maintenance at Hill Air Force Base 
to repair mechanical issues. The timetable for repairs has not been 
determined . . . and Fat Albert will not return for the 2016 season."

A back-up C-130 is supporting the team, transporting show loads and 
personnel to each demonstration site, for the remainder of the 2016 air 
show season, and as of Friday afternoon, Hontz said it's still unknown 
whether it will fly in the S.F. demonstration.

Greg (SF Bay Area)



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