Noun
A fighter jet that has just caught an aircraft carrier's arresting gear.
arresting gear (countable and uncountable, plural arresting gears)
(aviation, military) A system used to quickly decelerate a landing aircraft, essential for landing on an aircraft carrier (although land-based airfields can also be equipped with arresting gear); the most common system consists of a series of transverse wire ropes designed to snag an aircraft's tailhook, connected to a hydraulic or mechanical energy-absorbing system, but other systems exist (typically only for use in an emergency situation) which use a net to slow down an aircraft.
CVW-9 crews logged more than 18,000 flight hours and 7,300 arrested landings while Kitty Hawk maintained her catapults and arresting gear at 100 percent availability. Source: Internet
It was found the arresting gear winch was too weak and had to be replaced. Source: Internet
Many airbases have arresting equipment for fast aircraft, known as arresting gear – a strong cable suspended just above the runway and attached to a hydraulic reduction gear mechanism. Source: Internet
Theoretically, how much are these supposedly less maintenance intensive and more operationally flexible arresting gear and catapult concepts really worth? Source: Internet
Pilots may even apply full throttle on touchdown in case the arresting gear does not catch and a go around is needed. citation Parachutes are used to slow down vehicles travelling at very high speeds. Source: Internet
There was a concern at one point regarding the C variant’s arresting gear possibly over-stressing the airframe during a carrier landing or field arrestment, but that’s been cleared up to my knowledge. Source: Internet