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Re: JATO'd per request ...

Sat Jan 03, 2015 12:08 pm

Found a few more JATO's whilst searching for other 'stuff' in my files.

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Jet Assisted Take Off of Douglas A-20B SN 41-2920

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Constitution XR6V-1 Lockheed model 8985164

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Lockheed R6O R6V Constitution

Re: JATO'd per request ...

Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:22 am

They must have had a lot of confidence in those rockets and their ignition systems for some of them to be mounted so far off centre...

Re: JATO'd per request ...

Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:48 am

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Re: JATO'd per request ...

Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:31 pm

Mark Allen M wrote:Found a few more JATO's whilst searching for other 'stuff' in my files.

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Constitution XR6V-1 Lockheed model 8985164



Whoooaaahhh! Cool!

Re: JATO'd per request ...

Mon May 04, 2015 7:01 pm

A nice PBM JATO sequence out of San Diego, CA

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Re: JATO'd per request ...

Mon May 04, 2015 8:03 pm

FWIW........Ref the SOC IAW Wiki:

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A SOC-3A of VS-201, December 1941

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SOC-3A Seagull touches down on USS Long Island in April 1942, celebrating the carrier's 2000th landing

SOC-3AAll SOC-4s were transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1942 (BuNo 48243, 48244, 48245, respectively), which modified them SOC-3A standard, meaning the fitting of a deck arrester gear.[12]
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