| NASA Center: |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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| Image # : |
JPL-JATO |
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| Date : |
08/12/1941
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Title
First JATO assisted Flight
Full Description
Take-off of America's first "rocket-assisted" airplane, an Ercoupe fitted with a
GALCIT developed solid propellent 28 pound thrust JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off)
booster. The Ercoupe took off from March Field, California and was piloted by
Captain Homer A. Boushey Jr.
Keywords
Jet Assisted Take-Off JATO GALCIT Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory California Institute of Technology March Field Homer Boushey Frank Malina Theodore von Karman
Subject Category
VIPs-People at NASA-NACA,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JPL
- Center Number:
JPL-JATO
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001538
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: JPL
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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