cj5_pilot
Ohhh, never saw "Fat Albert" do a night time takeoff before!
on 2005-Oct-28 08:29:28 Anonymous coward said
FFR-31_Driver
Well, it's SOME kind of 'assisted takeoff'. Or one hell of a tailgun!
on 2005-Nov-20 10:14:37 Anonymous coward said
me
RATO
on 2005-Nov-23 13:59:41 Anonymous coward said
ex ABX mechanic
it is RATO, but everyone mistakenly calls it JATO... some of Airborne's DC-9's originally had two per side (to my knowledge none were ever fired though, they were just there to legally allow a shorter runway to be used)
on 2006-Jan-02 17:42:26 Anonymous coward said
67 TH ARRS/SOS
NO..THAT IS J.A.T.O. OUR 130'S WERE EQUIPED WITH JATO IN ENGLAND.YOU MIGHT CALL THEM SOMETHING DIFF. BUT THE USAF SAY'S ........JATO
on 2006-Jan-07 09:20:32 Anonymous coward said
rj mag-11
did you hear abought the guy who put one of these JATO bottles in the trunk of his car?I hear he won a darwin award but was unable to attend the award dinner.
on 2006-Mar-29 18:39:33 Anonymous coward said
Ian G
"AND PEDAL FASTER TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!"
on 2006-Apr-14 20:01:26 Anonymous coward said
metallifrazz
i need some of those on my bike
on 2006-Apr-24 02:39:14 Anonymous coward said
meeps
the mexicans used em on their dc9s or 727s in the sixties and seventies to lift off at in the heat at higher altitude airports....
on 2006-Sep-10 04:19:21 Anonymous coward said
a320 guy
Technically it's a RATO system because it uses solid fuel rocket motors regardless of what they call it. A true JATO uses turbojet engines as mounted outboard on C-123 wings and on top of C-119's.
on 2006-Sep-23 02:05:32 Anonymous coward said
RATO? JATO?
Who gives a damn?
on 2007-Jun-11 22:54:17 Anonymous coward said
Ped Ant
The JATO Darwin Award story got busted on Mythbusters. It's a crazy idea, but people have actually done it.
on 2007-Jul-12 14:13:25 Anonymous coward said
Dark_Templar
There is no such thing is RATO.... its called JATO. I was just at the airshow and the people said fat albert is going to perform a Jet Assisted Take Off...JATO
on 2008-Aug-22 17:05:47 Anonymous coward said
Scuba Steve 36
Thats correct. Its JATO. Was stationed at NAS Pensacola. Reenlisted onboard Fat Albert C-130. It's flown by Marines.