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To: NorthMountain

Check out the Blue Angels' Fat Albert; rocket assisted takeoff!

16 posted on 08/30/2019 8:14:10 AM PDT by budj (combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)

To: budj; Vaquero

The standard JATO takeoff involves some runway. Here's a B47 doing it:

In the video above, the Starfighter is launching with NO runway.

19 posted on 08/30/2019 8:22:55 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)

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