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