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From: rls@crdgw1.crd.ge.com
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: RATO and JATO
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Date: 18 Aug 89 04:24:35 GMT
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From: rls@crdgw1.crd.ge.com
The local Air National Guard uses JATO bottles on C-130s for short
field / heavy payload takeoffs in the arctic. If I recall correctly,
there were four bottles per side.

I witnessed a demonstration at an airshow last year - impressive
boost, painful noise.