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To: Little Ray
JATO units are nice, but they were scarcely a vital part of our national security plan. Mostly the USAF and USN were interested in getting fully loaded bombers off as quickly possible before the bombs (from ICBMs) started landing. The strain on airframes was so great that they seldom used today...

Note the built-in JATO units just forward of the USAF insignia on the fuselage. Incidentally, this is a B-47A, so the incorporation of JATO must have been part of the basic design criteria for the B-47 Stratojet. I think that they wouldn't integrated JATO into the basic airframe if it was as much of a problem as you said it was. Probably had more to do with the relative lack of thrust that you could develop on the early turbojets.

20 posted on 03/28/2005 7:35:25 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: Tallguy

Ooops! Meant to say "aft of the USAF insignia".


21 posted on 03/28/2005 8:02:59 AM PST by Tallguy
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