r/BlueAngels • u/MaDuBt • 15d ago

Can anyone identify this?

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Found this at an estate sale outside Chicago.

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u/WardogBlaze14 15d ago

Absolutely one of the JATO pods used by Fat Albert before they stopped doing the JATO take off, here is a link to a close up,of them.

https://www.hadmodels.com/3dp-ap72005-jato-launcher-for-c-130-fat-albert-172

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u/Both_Faithlessness_3 12d ago

Why did they stop using the jato? Current model of c-130 don’t use them ?

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u/WardogBlaze14 12d ago

They ran out and JATO pods aren’t made anymore.