C-130 Rocket Assisted Takeoff

JATO is an acronym for jet assisted take off. It is a system for helping overloaded aircraft into the air by providing additional thrust in the form of small rockets.
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[ADVANCEDTECHTIPS]

Surely wasn't the only one expecting the rockets to fire with the music drop

[ytcine]

damn its impressive and scary to see such a plane climbing with such an angle right after take-off
it almost doesn't feels real

[brinesilver]

Rocket assists just always look so fun to me. The big, lumbering Hercules slowly acellerating, then the rockets light and the plane goes KICKSTART MY HEART HOPE IT NEVER STOPS*

[VTom]

I saw it live years ago in Trenton Canadian Air force base. Impressive as hell and I remember the main thing was that it enabled clearing an obstacle that they wouldn't otherwise be able to clear.

[Siryn]

I miss those! Last time I saw Fat Albert perform a jato assisted takeoff was through the 80's til the late 90's.

[GoodToGoIndustries]

I've seen this thing takeoff in person a few times, and it's truly amazing seeing such a large aircraft go straight up like a small jet.

[toriknorth]

for when you need to take off but there's a skyscraper at the end of the runway

[cfusername]

I'm surprised the fuselage can take this without damage.

[emattic]

The nickname for this plane is "Fat Albert". Seeing it takeoff like this in person is a must see at some point, its unreal.

[denisearmbruster]

Go Fat Albert! Go! MEGA BRAVOS to the Blue Angels's C-130 Crew!!

[medicalbeverage]

This was C-130 “Fat Albert”, an old member of the Blue Angels stunt pilots.

[fatherguidosarduchi]

TOTALLY AWESOME. I CAN’T BELIEVE THOSE SMALL ROCKETS PROVIDE THAT MUCH PUSH.

[ExtremelyAverageMan]

Way to trick us all with the dramatic pause in the song and zoom-in to make us all think the rockets would kick in at 0:25 lol.

[bioboi]

Looks like something I would make in Bad Piggies

[GetsugaTensho]

The most American thing I've ever seen!

[luthfiadhityanto]

Look at the instant acceleration and that early steep is engineering badassery

[DarthestWiffiest]

The night before I was supposed to ride in a C-130 I had dream where upon take off with a rocket assist only one side fired and it caused it to turn over and nose dive. I can still remember seeing the inside coming at me as I sat in the cargo area accross from my squad leader. The next day I was terrified and of all the C-130's our battalion were taking only our unit's was grounded for maintenance.

[molassio]

I know the short answer is "to get higher faster." But what is the purpose of it, in practice? Short runways, hot takeoff, etc?

[jonatanschwindt]

Watching a c-130 climbing like a fighter is just surreal

[Zamboanga_pspotter]

0:01 holy sheesh I'm wearing my Headphones