And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
B-47 rocket assist - I was told they were necessary on the first models as the early jet engines were not powerful enough for take off on shorter runways with a full load. The engines were improved in later models and the assist canisters were used less - or not at all.
JATO ???
ReplyDeleteNormally a drop away device… same as RATO… not usually built in.
Delete...on a B-52
ReplyDeleteChaff or flare dispensers??
ReplyDeleteback of the bomber looking forward...
ReplyDeleteyeah chaff or flare dispensers
Early B-47 JATO. http://heroicrelics.org/info/b-47/b-47-jato.html
ReplyDeleteBuilt in JATOS
ReplyDeleteRATO. Note the lack of air intakes.
ReplyDeleteB-47 rocket assist - I was told they were necessary on the first models as the early jet engines were not powerful enough for take off on shorter runways with a full load. The engines were improved in later models and the assist canisters were used less - or not at all.
ReplyDeleteIt's JATO, not the later RATO external system.
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