Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/First jet-assisted takeoff

First Jet Assisted Take-Off flight
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)

--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)