Noun
An auxiliary jet engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft
A takeoff assisted by such a unit
A RATO unit or RATO takeoff - a rocket assisted take-off
(uncountable) Acronym of jet-assisted takeoff, a method of using booster rockets to allow heavily-loaded aircraft to lift off more quickly and use less runway length for takeoff.
Synonym: (UK) RATO
(countable) One of the rockets used for the above purpose.
An enduring urban legend claims that someone in Arizona strapped a JATO to their car and crashed it into a cliff.
As the take-off thrust of jet engines has grown, JATO has fallen from favor. Source: Internet
At the hearing, the preventive detention request is being led by Lava Jato Case Special Prosecution Group member Jose Domingo Perez. Source: Internet
In 1943, von Kármán, Malina, Parsons, and Forman established the Aerojet Corporation to manufacture JATO motors. Source: Internet
The plan was canceled after an accident occurred during a test landing when the forward-facing JATO units designed to slow the aircraft fired before the downward-facing units (designed to cushion the landing) did, causing the aircraft to crash-land. Source: Internet
This demonstration not only was the last JATO performance of the squadron, but also the final JATO use of the U.S. Marine Corps. Source: Internet
Jucá is one of the politicians already being examined by the Supreme Court on the Lava Jato scandal. Source: Internet