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Old August 13th 09, 10:05 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Dave D
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Default Over San Francisco, pt 3 - Fat Albert.jpg (1/1)


"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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I'm not sure where you got the nickname "Fat Albert" for the pictured
aircraft but "Fat Albert" was the unofficial nickname for the C5A Galaxy.
Then in the late 1970s the Air Force issued policy statements to the effect
that it was not an "appropriate" nickname....

DaveD