jato
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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.
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As the take-off thrust of jet engines has grown, JATO has fallen from favor.
At the hearing, the preventive detention request is being led by Lava Jato Case Special Prosecution Group member Jose Domingo Perez.
In 1943, von Kármán, Malina, Parsons, and Forman established the Aerojet Corporation to manufacture JATO motors.
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.
This demonstration not only was the last JATO performance of the squadron, but also the final JATO use of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Jucá is one of the politicians already being examined by the Supreme Court on the Lava Jato scandal.