Comments on: Smokey Jet http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/ My Confined Space is an image blog with user submitted pictures of anything and everything, funny, serious or dark. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:53:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: blackdog33 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/comment-page-1/#comment-884819 blackdog33 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:48:50 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/#comment-884819 That was JATO. Jet Assisted Take Off. That was JATO. Jet Assisted Take Off.

]]> By: goatsgomoo http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/comment-page-1/#comment-66286 goatsgomoo Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:41:24 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/#comment-66286 According to Acronym Finder, JADO is short for Joint Air Defense Operations, while JATO is short for Jet-Assisted Take-Off. According to Acronym Finder, JADO is short for Joint Air Defense Operations, while JATO is short for Jet-Assisted Take-Off.

]]> By: Frznagn http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/comment-page-1/#comment-66273 Frznagn Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:44:51 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/#comment-66273 How old is this pic? Looks like a B-47. The one that Jimmy Stewart flew in Strategic Air Command. How old is this pic? Looks like a B-47. The one that Jimmy Stewart flew in Strategic Air Command.

]]> By: DemolitionsGeek http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/comment-page-1/#comment-66259 DemolitionsGeek Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:32:30 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/#comment-66259 When your takeoff strip is 200 feet long, and you need 400 to successfully and safely take off, someone straps 6-100 JATO/RATO rockets to your buttcheeks. The added propulsion makes it so you can safely take off with half or less airstrip room. When your takeoff strip is 200 feet long, and you need 400 to successfully and safely take off, someone straps 6-100 JATO/RATO rockets to your buttcheeks. The added propulsion makes it so you can safely take off with half or less airstrip room.

]]> By: pancake2B http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/comment-page-1/#comment-66243 pancake2B Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:31:07 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/#comment-66243 Can't wait to put one of those rockets in my pickup truck ! Can’t wait to put one of those rockets in my pickup truck !

]]> By: Hepathos http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/comment-page-1/#comment-66216 Hepathos Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:49:54 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/#comment-66216 Looks just like the sky-darkener plane from the The Second Renaissance. Yeah, smoke them robots! Kill 'em all, kill 'em all, kill 'em all!!! Looks just like the sky-darkener plane from the The Second Renaissance. Yeah, smoke them robots! Kill ‘em all, kill ‘em all, kill ‘em all!!!

]]> By: JoeCrow http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/comment-page-1/#comment-66211 JoeCrow Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:10:15 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/#comment-66211 Beat me to it Byte, there clearly visible behind the rear gear Beat me to it Byte, there clearly visible behind the rear gear

]]> By: Sticky http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/comment-page-1/#comment-66206 Sticky Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:48:03 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/#comment-66206 I thought they were JATOs and they were Jet Assisted Take Off. I thought they were JATOs and they were Jet Assisted Take Off.

]]> By: bytehead http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/comment-page-1/#comment-66201 bytehead Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:26:58 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/#comment-66201 Looks like a JADO/RATO launch to me. Rocket Assisted Take Off. I can't remember what the JADO is for, that's what the Blue Angels use to get their support aircraft Fat Albert up in demonstrations. OK, Google's failing me on what the heck JADO stands for (They are solid fuel rockets that they attack to the side, and that's certainly what is attached at the end of the fuselage on that aircraft) Looks like a JADO/RATO launch to me. Rocket Assisted Take Off. I can’t remember what the JADO is for, that’s what the Blue Angels use to get their support aircraft Fat Albert up in demonstrations.

OK, Google’s failing me on what the heck JADO stands for (They are solid fuel rockets that they attack to the side, and that’s certainly what is attached at the end of the fuselage on that aircraft)

]]> By: Bodero http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/comment-page-1/#comment-66187 Bodero Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:56:44 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/22/smokey-jet/#comment-66187 A Boeing 707's waterburner. From http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0541868/M/: "I was wandering too about the so-called "waterburner". Found some info at wikipedia/turbojet: Some US jet engines in those days had the ability to inject water into the intaken air flow, cooling it down and preventing some fuel from burning (thus creating a lot of dark smoke). This would make the engine run cooler and prevent it from overheating, which would eventually lead to mechanical failure, i.e. melting the compressor blades..." A Boeing 707′s waterburner.

From www.airliners.net/open.file/0541868/M/:

“I was wandering too about the so-called “waterburner”. Found some info at wikipedia/turbojet:
Some US jet engines in those days had the ability to inject water into the intaken air flow, cooling it down and preventing some fuel from burning (thus creating a lot of dark smoke). This would make the engine run cooler and prevent it from overheating, which would eventually lead to mechanical failure, i.e. melting the compressor blades…”

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