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{{wiktionary|skyhook}} '''Skyhook''', '''sky hook''' or '''skyhooks''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} == Fiction == * ''[[Sky Hook]]'', a Hugo Award–nominated science fiction fanzine * [[Sky Hook (film)|''Sky Hook'' (film)]], a 1999 Yugoslavian film * 'Skyhooks' and 'Skyhooks II', parts 1 and 8, respectively, of the Adventure Time [[Elements (miniseries)#Episodes|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 (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]] {{disambiguation}}
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