Editing Tailhook (section)

===Arresting gear===
[[File:FA-18 Trap.jpg|thumb|An F/A-18 makes an arrested landing aboard a US aircraft carrier]]
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Both carrier- and land-based arresting gear consists of one or more cables (aka “arresting wires” or “cross deck pendants”) stretched across the landing area and attached on either end to arresting gear engines through “purchase cables”.<ref name = "stuffworks"/> In a typical carrier deck configuration, a total of four arrestor wires are present. The tailhook's function is to snag one of these cables, preferably the third of the four available, in order that the resistance provided by the arrestor gear can be conveyed to the aircraft, enabling it to decelerate more rapidly.<ref name = "stuffworks">{{cite web |url = https://science.howstuffworks.com/aircraft-carrier4.htm |title = How Aircraft Carriers Work |publisher = science.howstuffworks.com |first = Tom |last = Harris |date = 29 August 2002 |access-date = 18 June 2020}}</ref>