noun
- Plural of JATO; jet-assisted takeoff units or rockets used to assist aircraft in takeoff, especially from short runways or when heavily loaded.
Usage: technical; aviation; usually plural
Examples
- The military transport plane used jatos to take off from the short airfield.
- Engineers installed jatos on the cargo aircraft to improve its performance.
- During the test flight, the jatos fired successfully and reduced the takeoff distance.
- The pilot activated the jatos to help the overloaded plane get airborne.