945
this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
945 points (96.9% liked)
Mildly Interesting
17361 readers
308 users here now
This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.
This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?
Just post some stuff and don't spam.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Would be super impressed if a C130 didn't end up in the cornfield on t/o
God Bless America.
American problems (too short of a runway for your jumbo jet) require American solutions (rocket boosted Yeehaw 🤠)
God that is so fucking glorious
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.
C130s were designed to operate from relatively short unimproved runways. If the place has enough runway to operate corporate jets, it should have enough for a C130.
EDIT: This place only has enough runway (2998 x 50 ft ) for small Cessna size aircraft, so no jets or C130s.
I reckon a C130 could use it actually. The US Navy landed one on a carrier, which is probably shorter then this runway.
Edit: yes, USS Nimitz is 1/3 the length of this runway. C130 could land and take-off there with no issues.
Muddin' on the weekends!