Marxism-Fennekinism to Mildly [email protected] • edit-22 years agoAn "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runwaylemmy.mlimagemessage-square246fedilinkarrow-up1967cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1967imageAn "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runwaylemmy.mlMarxism-Fennekinism to Mildly [email protected] • edit-22 years agomessage-square246fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
Location on a map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.1486108&mlon=-88.5628734&zoom=17#map=17/42.14861/-88.56287
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 years agoSolid rocket boosters, but they’re called “jet assisted take-off” for some reason.
minus-squareivanafteralllinkfedilink5•2 years agoYep, “Fat Albert” JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) C130.
minus-squarePumpkin EscobarlinkfedilinkEnglish16•2 years agoJet Assisted Takeoff - The gif is Fat Albert which is part of the Blue Angels. There was a plan to use jet-assisted landing and takeoff to rescue hostages in Iran but it wasn’t used after a failed test of the landing jets.
Those are booster jet engines?
Solid rocket boosters, but they’re called “jet assisted take-off” for some reason.
Yep, “Fat Albert” JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) C130.
Jet Assisted Takeoff - The gif is Fat Albert which is part of the Blue Angels. There was a plan to use jet-assisted landing and takeoff to rescue hostages in Iran but it wasn’t used after a failed test of the landing jets.