Word: jato
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...next year, with four associates, an $8,700 investment, and five employees, he set up the Aerojet Engineering Corp. of Azusa, Calif. Its product: Jato units, 10-in. thick, 3-ft. long rockets to give big planes an extra push to get them off short runways or aircraft carriers...
...Bottle. During the war, Aerojet turned out some $10 million worth of Jato units, became one of the biggest U.S. rocket manufacturers. As Aerojet began to rise, Von Kármán stepped down from the presidency, became the company's chief research consultant. CalTech's imaginative physicist Dr. Fritz Zwicky became active, research chief...
...Aerojet into a brief downward glide. Commercial airlines shied away from Jato because of the cost (the $185 bottle can only be used once) and the fact that the take-off roar scared spectators. But military orders sent Aerojet soaring again-jet planes such as the B-47 use 18 Jato units for a quick takeoff...