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Runway Arresting System
Runway Arresting System
Runway Arresting System

Runway Arresting System

DateMarch 1977
Medium35 mm color slide
Dimensions1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (3.3 × 2.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Rosemary McNerney Winkler
Object numberPA2022.052.127
DescriptionAn arresting system cable stretches across an airplane runway at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The arresting system includes yellow ovals painted on the pavement, and a cable is strung across the painted ovals, stretching across the runway.
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