JATO - Beech 18.jpg (1/1)

[Mitchell Holman]

[Maple1]

Now I have seen everything

Mitchell Holman wrote:

[Mitchell Holman]

Mitchell Holman > wrote in news:Xns9BA74BD84F753ta2eene@
216.196.97.130:

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There is nothing with wings that can't have a
Jato canister strapped to it, apparently.........

[Orval Fairbairn[_2_]]

In article >,
Maple1 > wrote:

> Now I have seen everything
>
> Mitchell Holman wrote:

JATO was an (expensive) option on factory-built Beech 18s in the late
50s-early 60s.

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[Orval Fairbairn[_2_]]

In article >,
Maple1 > wrote:

> Now I have seen everything
>
> Mitchell Holman wrote:

JATO was an (expensive) option on factory-built Beech 18s in the late
50s-early 60s.

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[R W Hughes]

Mitchell Holman wrote:
> Mitchell Holman > wrote in news:Xns9BA74BD84F753ta2eene@
> 216.196.97.130:
> There is nothing with wings that can't have a
> Jato canister strapped to it, apparently.........

At the space museum in Alamogordo, New Mexico, they had Col. Stapps ride
which was essentially a chair on railroad wheels with a bunch of JATO
bottles strapped on the back. Don't know if it is still there or not.

[R W Hughes]

Mitchell Holman wrote:
> Mitchell Holman > wrote in news:Xns9BA74BD84F753ta2eene@
> 216.196.97.130:
> There is nothing with wings that can't have a
> Jato canister strapped to it, apparently.........

At the space museum in Alamogordo, New Mexico, they had Col. Stapps ride
which was essentially a chair on railroad wheels with a bunch of JATO
bottles strapped on the back. Don't know if it is still there or not.

[Flatlander]

On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:53:48 -0700, Maple1 > wrote:

>
>Now I have seen everything
>

We actually installed JATO boittles in the engine nacelles as a
factory optoin for a while, It provided the equivalent of around 200
hp for better engine out performance.