assisted take-off rocket
1Assisted take off — is any system for helping aircraft into the air (as opposed to strictly under its own power). The reason it might be needed is due to the aircraft s weight exceeding the normal maximum take off weight, insufficient power, or the available runway… …
2assisted take-off — noun A take off in which the full power of an aircraft s normal engines is supplemented by eg turbojet, rocket motor units, or liquid rockets • • • Main Entry: ↑assist …
3Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi …
4Rocket-powered aircraft — A rocket powered aircraft or rocket plane is an aircraft that uses a rocket for propulsion, sometimes in addition to airbreathing jet engines. Rocket planes can achieve much higher speeds than similarly sized jet aircraft, but for much shorter… …
5JATO Rocket Car — The famous account of the JATO Rocket Car was one of the original Darwin Awards winners: a man who supposedly met his death in a spectacular manner after mounting a rocket engine on a common automobile. It was originally circulated as a forwarded …
6rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …
7List of rocket planes — This is an incomplete listing, loosely chronological sorted by type used for launch, of some aircraft that used rocket propulsion: Spaceplanes Spaceplanes are aircraft that are able to reach the edge of space. * 1945 flag|Germany|Nazi A4b winged… …
8NASA spin-off — Science and technology in the United States African American contributions Discoveries …
9RATO — Rocket Assisted Take Off ( > IEEE Standard Dictionary ) …
10RATOG — Rocket Assisted Take Off Gear ( > IEEE Standard Dictionary ) …
