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Here's a link to a fun Ercoupe page... has pix of that RATO 'coupe as well as some other real oddities.
http://bassace.com/ercoupe/ercoupe_history.htm

Awesome! Haha absolutely awesome!

Imagine making a RATO... with the canopy open!! Yippee!!

Well. I never knew that.

The first American manned flight of an aircraft propelled by rocket thrust alone was made by Boushey on August 23, 1941.

In an Ercoupe of all things. Amazing. Woohoooo.........!

:o Well. I never knew that.
In an Ercoupe of all things. Amazing. Woohoooo.........!

I know, I was expecting the first rocket flight to be in some rocket-only airplane, at least something with an ejection seat. But a Ercoupe isn't exactly a standard military test plane. Hilarious nevertheless.

I know, I was expecting the first rocket flight to be in some rocket-only airplane, at least something with an ejection seat. But a Ercoupe isn't exactly a standard military test plane. Hilarious nevertheless.

Nor is the massive Aerospacelines Pregnant Guppy, which was also used in JATO/RATO tests...
http://www.allaboutguppys.com