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  • Anonymous coward on 2004-Dec-18 02:01:55 Anonymous coward said

    chris
    RATO rocket assisted take off

  • Anonymous coward on 2005-Jan-04 04:01:32 Anonymous coward said

    TM
    J.A.T.O. actually... Jet Assisted Take Off

  • Anonymous coward on 2005-Jan-12 23:23:12 Anonymous coward said

    cj5_pilot
    Ohhh, never saw "Fat Albert" do a night time takeoff before!

  • Anonymous coward 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!

  • Anonymous coward on 2005-Nov-20 10:14:37 Anonymous coward said

    me
    RATO

  • Anonymous coward 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)

  • Anonymous coward 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

  • Anonymous coward 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.

  • Anonymous coward on 2006-Mar-29 18:39:33 Anonymous coward said

    Ian G
    "AND PEDAL FASTER TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!"

  • Anonymous coward on 2006-Apr-14 20:01:26 Anonymous coward said

    metallifrazz
    i need some of those on my bike

  • Anonymous coward 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....

  • Anonymous coward 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.

  • Anonymous coward on 2006-Sep-23 02:05:32 Anonymous coward said

    RATO? JATO?
    Who gives a damn?

  • Anonymous coward 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.

  • Anonymous coward 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

  • Anonymous coward 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.

  • Anonymous coward on 2010-Jan-14 05:22:15 Anonymous coward said

    GAFM
    It's JATO assholes. I flew Hercs.

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