JATO
JATO
JATO is an acronym for jet assisted take off. It is a system for helping overloaded aircraft into the air by providing additional thrust in the form of small rockets. The term is used interchangeably with the term RATO, for Rocket-Assisted Take Off .The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: JATO
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