Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!military From: chidsey@brl.mil (Irving Chidsey) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: RATO and JATO Message-ID: <26855@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: 21 Aug 89 05:53:49 GMT References: <26745@amdcad.AMD.COM> <26790@amdcad.AMD.COM> <26825@amdcad.AMD.COM> Sender: cdr@amdcad.AMD.COM Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 18 Approved: military@amdcad.amd.com [That's about it for this topic, unless someone has a reference for this.] From: chidsey@brl.mil (Irving Chidsey) This is from a not always reliable memory, but: Back in the late 40s there was a news item about a couple of spectacular crashes in Chicago involving cars with jato bottles in back that suddenly roared down deserted streets in the night and crashed into an inconvenient building after a very short, quarter block, flight. The cars were stolen, and this was presumed to be an unsuccesful test of a better getaway car. Irv -- I do not have signature authority. I am not authorized to sign anything. I am not authorized to commit the BRL, the DOA, the DOD, or the US Government to anything, not even by implication. Irving L. Chidsey