HiddenLayer5 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 runwayimagemessage-square242fedilinkarrow-up1976arrow-down130file-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting
arrow-up1946arrow-down1imageAn "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runwayHiddenLayer5 to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square242fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting
Location on a map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.1486108&mlon=-88.5628734&zoom=17#map=17/42.14861/-88.56287
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.
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.