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There is a story (perhaps urban legend) of a person who attempted to attach one of these to his automobile. He was apparently awarded a posthumous IgNobel for his efforts. Eclecticology

The story is indeed an urban legend. And that fictive person was awarded with the Darwin Award Ben-Zin

Revesed JATO

I have seen a video on youtube.com, where a C-130 had JATO's strapped behind the cockpit in revese direction (thrusting forward). Now in this video the airplane blew up, but is this a used technique or was it just a test ?

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 The story is indeed an urban legend. And that fictive person was awarded with the [http://www.darwinawards.com Darwin Award] [[user:Ben-Zin|Ben-Zin]]
+==Revesed JATO==
+I have seen a video on [[youtube.com]], where a C-130 had JATO's strapped behind the cockpit in revese direction (thrusting forward).
+Now in this video the airplane blew up, but is this a used technique or was it just a test ?