This is certainly a beast of an aircraft and was meant to do some heavy hauling of the payload. Still, this does not mean that the aircraft is the one without speed and maneuverability. You put inside a capable pilot and the aircraft can tear through the skies with amazing maneuverability.



The wingspan of the aircraft is about 132 feet while the length is only a few feet short of being 100 feet. This is certainly a gigantic machine.

The most famous of the demonstrations form the Fat Albert is the JATO (Jet Assisted Take-off). During this performance, Fat Albert takes off while suing a runway of 1500 feet length. For those who had loved these JATO demonstrations, they had to endure the sad news that the demonstration was canceled back in 2009. The reason was that the rockets provided for jet take-off were of the Vietnam War era and they were not available anymore. Still, there are a lot of videos online where you can see the demonstrations of how easily this massive machine takes to the sky under the power of rockets.