UK2 ZD792 Panavia TornadoGR4 2012-02-15 DavidMackeyPhoto.jpg

[Joseph Testagrose]

[john szalay]

DAN > wrote in
:

> What is dangling from the plane?
>
> It looks too frail for an arrester, and I kinda doubt that Tornadoes
> do message pickup...
>

IIRC:

emergency arrestor hook

not near as robust as the carrier naval version, but its not used except
to prevent a runway overrun...