Long cylinder, hollow, with four JATO bottles attached at one end with clamp arrangement, two JATOs side by side at slight angle from the horizontal, on each side of the main cylinder; each JATO with a heavily rusted steel collar, ¾ of the way down its length and before the protruding nozzle; each nozzle also heavily rusted, and each nozzle attached with multiple and equidistant rusted bolts; two 2-in. diameter, 100-in. long rods, one on each side of overall assembly and running alongside of main cylinder and each attached to a JATO clamp at one end and fixture at other end, about ¾ down the length of the main cylinder; one of the rods badly bent out of shape, this rod also badly rusted; at other end of main cylinder, a wide V-shaped fixture on top, with one each steel pin protruding upwards on each side; the whole of this part of the object, to hold (or secure) another object, possibly an attachment to the missile (Loon); lower part of this overall attachment at end of cylinder, rail type shoes on bottom; overall, painted blue-gray and also with large rust patches.
Created by
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Date Created
04/11/2007
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Military; Missiles; Space
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