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{{Short description|Type of aircraft assisted take-off}} {{other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} [[File:First JATO assisted Flight - GPN-2000-001538.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|The first "rocket-assisted" take-off in the United States, a [[Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory|GALCIT]] booster fitted to an [[ERCO Ercoupe]], at [[March Air Reserve Base|March Field]], California, 1941]] '''JATO''' ([[acronym]] for '''jet-assisted take-off''') is a type of [[assisted take-off]] for helping overloaded aircraft into the air by providing additional thrust in the form of small [[rocket]]s. The term ''JATO'' is used interchangeably with the (more specific) term '''RATO''', for ''rocket-assisted take-off'' (or, in [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] parlance, '''RATOG''', for ''rocket-assisted take-off gear'').
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