• Source: Skyhook

      • Skyhook, sky hook or skyhooks may refer to:


      Fiction


      Sky Hook, a Hugo Award–nominated science fiction fanzine
      Sky Hook (film), a 1999 Yugoslavian film
      'Skyhooks' and 'Skyhooks II', parts 1 and 8, respectively, of the Adventure Time Elements miniseries
      'Sky hook', a "non-existent" item commonly requested in a construction industry fool's errand
      Sky-Hook, the player's melee weapon in the 2013 video game BioShock Infinite


      Music


      "Skyhook", a song by Dance Gavin Dance from their 2008 album Dance Gavin Dance
      Skyhooks (band), an Australian rock band


      Science


      Skyhook (concept), an explanation of design complexity that does not build on lower, simpler layers


      Sports


      Skyhook (boarding), a binding used in skateboarding and related sports
      Skyhook (climbing), a hook used in technical climbing
      Skyhook (skydiving), a device for quickly extracting reserve parachutes
      Skyhook (tennis), a version of the overhead smash
      Hook shot, variant, the signature shot of Basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


      Technology


      Skyhook (cable), a hypothetical device used to lift an object on a long cable hanging from the sky
      Skyhook (skydiving), a type of main-assisted reserve parachute deployment system
      Skyhook (structure), a space elevator concept
      Skyhook balloon, a type of unmanned balloon used by the United States Navy in the late 1940s and in the 1950s for atmospheric research
      SkyHook JHL-40, an experimental combination airship/helicopter in development by Boeing
      Skyhook theory, a theory used in some automobile suspensions
      Skyhook Wireless, a technology company that invented hybrid location positioning
      Airco DH.6, nicknamed Skyhook, an early (1916) ab initio trainer aircraft
      Australian Autogyro Skyhook, also known as the Minty Skyhook Mini Chopper
      Cessna CH-1 Skyhook, a helicopter produced in the early 1960s
      Fulton surface-to-air recovery system, nicknamed Skyhook, a retrieval method by which a flying aircraft picks up a payload
      a system used to launch and recover parasite planes from airships; see Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk

    • Source: Sky Hook

      • Sky Hook was a science fiction fanzine published by Redd Boggs from 1948 to 1957. It was nominated for the 1954 Retro-Hugo for Best Fanzine.
      Contributors included Poul Anderson, James Blish, Philip Jose Farmer, Dean Grennell, David Keller, Virginia Kidd (as "Virginia Blish"), Sam Moskowitz, William Rotsler, and Jack Speer.


      References




      External links


      Sky Hook online at fanac.org

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