# First JATO assisted Flight - GPN-2000-001538

- By: NASA/JPL
- Date: Taken on 12 August 1941
- Classification: Photograph
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- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_JATO_assisted_Flight_-_GPN-2000-001538.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
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Take-off of America's first "rocket-assisted" airplane, an Ercoupe fitted with a GALCIT developed solid propellent 28 pound thrust JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) booster. The Ercoupe took off from March Field, California and was piloted by Captain Homer A. Boushey Jr.