On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:07:13 -0500, Mitchell Holman <noemail@att.net> wrote:
>Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in
>news:1prmralf3gvmks1jvvisoof0v3r9679thf@4ax.com:
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>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 07:14:19 -0500, Mitchell Holman <noemail@att.net>
>> wrote:
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>> Looks like this will be an excellent series! Thanks for taking the
>> time to assemble and post these pictures!
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> I still wonder at why they are called Jato
>when they are not jets but rockets. A few are
>labelled as RATO but not many.
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I won't swear to this but, I believe the JATO acronym had it's origins in WWII before jet engines were part of
the general lexicon. You are right, it should more accurately be called RATO.
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