ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-02-02_J_20.wmv">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS <i>John C. Stennis</i> in San Diego, CA.</a>)  Cables stop 150-mile-per-hour aircraft in a 400-foot stretch with this system that transfers force using fluid--same principle as the brakes of your Pontiac'
hydraulics