For take-off on short or improvised runways, rockets are mounted on fighter aircraft, which provide additional thrust and thus shorten the take-off. These missiles are called JATO, an abbreviation for “Jet Assisted Take Off”.
The film shows the attachment of the JATO missiles to the belly of a Mirage, how the missile containers, rockets, fuses and electronics are assembled and tested.
Different recordings of launches show how the performance of the JATO rockets affects flight behavior.
27 авг 2024