HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoAn "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runwaylemmy.mlimagemessage-square242fedilinkarrow-up1975arrow-down131file-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1944arrow-down1imageAn "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runwaylemmy.mlHiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square242fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.ml
Location on a map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.1486108&mlon=-88.5628734&zoom=17#map=17/42.14861/-88.56287
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·1 year agoAmerican problems (too short of a runway for your jumbo jet) require American solutions (rocket boosted Yeehaw 🤠)
minus-squarealnilam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoThose are booster jet engines?
minus-squarePumpkin Escobar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoJet Assisted Takeoff - The gif is Fat Albert which is part of the Blue Angels. There was a plan to use jet-assisted landing and takeoff to rescue hostages in Iran but it wasn’t used after a failed test of the landing jets.
minus-squareeyvind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoSolid rocket boosters, but they’re called “jet assisted take-off” for some reason.
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoYep, “Fat Albert” JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) C130.
God Bless America.
American problems (too short of a runway for your jumbo jet) require American solutions (rocket boosted Yeehaw 🤠)
God that is so fucking glorious
Those are booster jet engines?
Jet Assisted Takeoff - The gif is Fat Albert which is part of the Blue Angels. There was a plan to use jet-assisted landing and takeoff to rescue hostages in Iran but it wasn’t used after a failed test of the landing jets.
Solid rocket boosters, but they’re called “jet assisted take-off” for some reason.
Yep, “Fat Albert” JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) C130.