Marines, listen up. Wings are meant to fly...

The Little Fatso over Blake. Crew wanted!

To all Second Life USMC members:

Welcome to Fat Albert Airlines!
The Navy Flight Demonstration Team, part of U.S.N.S.L. Third Fleet, is yet to complete the USMC component that both makes for the Fat Albert crew and the team's ground crew. Both roles are essential, in a complementary but important way, for the full display of the team's routines, in the air and on the ground. Fat Albert, the team's C-130 Hercules support airplane, is a USMC aircraft with a crew of 8; pilots are USMC aviators, remaining crew is composed of USMC and USN enlisted. "Fat Albert" is a nickname given to the plane by Marine Corps Blue Angel pilots in the 1970s because of its size and shape. It is a reference to the popular children's cartoon of the same era.

In real life there are 13 Marines on the 2017 team. There are three C-130 pilots and four enlisted aircrew in Fat Albert Airlines. There are six enlisted on the jet maintenance team. For 2017, seven Marines are assigned to operate Fat Albert Airlines: three pilots, two crew masters and two flight engineers. In second life we are aiming to fill all those positions as well.

Important note on deployments:
The U.S.N.S.L. Blue Angels favor deployments where the team members stay with their original units/squadrons - this means that if you are active duty you will remain with your unit/squadron, and practice/perform with the Blue Angels as well. Full time deployments (transfers) are a possibility. Partial OR full time deployments must be approved by U.S.N.S.L. chains of command (origin and destination).

The few, the proud, the Navy Flight Demonstration Team United States Marines in SL. Be one.

Requirements for USMC in SL members willing to deploy with the Blue Angels are as follows:

1. To be a member of a Second Life USMC unit.
2. To be a certified USMC naval aviator for the C-130 pilots/co-pilots positions.
3. To be a certified AWO (Naval Aircrewmen Operator) for the C-130 crew master positions.
4. To be a certified AWO (Naval Aircrewmen Operator) for the C-130 flight engineer positions.
5. To be a certified AWO (Naval Aircrewmen Operator) for the jet ground crew positions.
6. To have an OCS/RTC certificate recognized by the Naval Service Training Center (NSTC) Nautilus - Third Fleet, U.S.N.S.L.
7. To have deployment and/or transfer orders signed by their unit's CO.
8. To stay with the N.F.D.T. for the on boarding period and if in a leadership position go through the Blue Angels acceptance protocol. (*)
9. To pledge to a full Season with the N.F.D.T. - Seasons start January and end December.
10. To maintain the level of commitment, professionalism and responsibility that are standards of the U.S.N.S.L. ambassador squadron: The Blue Angels.

(*) BAAP - Blue Angels Acceptance Protocol
Each member of the Blue Angels in SL is vetted by their squadron fellows. In the jet team the process is one of unanimity - if even one aviator in the jet team opposes the candidate after the on boarding period he/she is not allowed in. With the C-130 crew, the process is similar regarding Fat Albert naval aviators. After their selection, these officers will start that tradition within Fat Albert Airlines, however, the Squadron CO will always have last word on enlisted to be deployed with the team, coming from the USMC or the USN alike.

See more about the U.S.N.S.L. Blue Angels here!

For details and application, please contact the N.F.D.T. Blue Angels CO or XO.
CDR. Vickster Kuhn - Angel 1 (Boss)
CDR. Asra Kron - Angel 7

N.F.D.T. / U.S.N.S.L. 2017