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jato
(redirected from Jet-assisted takeoff)

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ja·to  (jt)
n. pl. ja·tos
1. An aircraft takeoff aided by an auxiliary jet or rocket.
2. An auxiliary jet-producing unit providing additional thrust for a takeoff.
[j(et-)a(ssisted) t(ake)o(ff).]
jato [ˈdʒeɪtəʊ]
n pl -tos
(Engineering / Aeronautics) Aeronautics jet-assisted takeoff
[C20 j(et-)a(ssisted) t(ake)o(ff)]
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Byline: Bob Welch / The Register-Guard Updates I couldn't resist - from a "precautionary" landing on Fern Ridge to a scheduled flight by the angel of Shooter's Pub & Grill: Fern Ridge: After I wrote about finding three `JATO' bottles in the all-but-drained lake, a handful of readers contacted me about how at least four of them got there: a low-on-fuel Navy amphibious plane landed on the lake in January 1957 - and used the jet-assisted takeoff devices to get airborne again.
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