Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/First jet-assisted takeoff
First Jet Assisted Take-Off flight[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Feb 2014 at 23:34:23 (UTC)
- Reason
- 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. High resolution image with significant historical and educational value.
- Articles in which this image appears
- JATO, Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, Jack Parsons (rocket propulsion engineer), ERCO Ercoupe
- FP category for this image
- Vehicles/Air
- Creator
- Unknown
- Support as nominator --JJARichardson (talk) 23:34, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - Considerable dust and some scratching. I may get to it if I have time. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:44, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
- Support - Restoration uploaded over the original. Looks better now. Technical issues can be forgiven owing to the uniqueness of this image. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:21, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
- Support edited version. JJARichardson (talk) 19:43, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
- Note to closer: this is a duplicate !vote. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:18, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
- Support per Crisco. That said, can something be done about the thumbprint/scuffmarks on the seat of the trousers of the third person from the left? Very, very distracting. Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:54, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
- Uploading as we speak. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:21, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you! That's much better. Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:22, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
- Support - Bellus Delphina talk 17:44, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:34, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
- Not enough support for promotion. (Note, that there is duplicate !vote on the page.) Armbrust The Homunculus 23:34, 12 February 2014 (UTC)