Military Airfield Procedures..

They had, probably still do, at the joint use airport at
Springfield, IL where I learned to fly about 40 years ago.
Runway 4/22 was used by F84F and had a cable that could be
raised by the tower that would catch the nose gear on the
F84F if it ran past a certain point. It used old Navy
anchor chain as weight.


"Morgans" wrote in message
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| "Al" wrote
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| The system they used to have installed at Klamath
Falls,(Kingsley
| Field), had the same wire and donut scheme, but it was
connected to what
| looked like anchor chain on both sides of the runway.
One link was
| positioned right next to the prior link, so the chain
was very "slack".
| When
| you caught the wire, you pulled one link on each side
for about a foot,
| then
| picked up the next link for about a foot. Before long
you were dragging
| many
| tons of iron down the runway. I have no doubt that it
would stop almost
| anything.
| I have seen the same thing Seymore Johnson AFB, in
Goldsboro NC, and at
| another NC base that I can't remember, at this hour.
| --
| Jim in NC
|