Skyhook, sky hook or skyhooks may refer to:

Fiction

* 'Skyhooks' or 'Skyhooks II', parts 1 and 8 respectively of the

Adventure Time ''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...

Elements miniseries. * ''

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 Kelle ...

'', a Hugo-award nominated science fiction fanzine * ''Sky Hook'' (film), a 1999 Yugoslavian film * 'Sky hook', a mechanical device used to supposedly operate The Great Glass Elevator in Roald Dahl's children's book ''

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator ''Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator'' is a children's literature, children's book by British author Roald Dahl. It is the sequel to ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'', continuing the story of young List of Charlie and the Chocolate Facto ...

''. * 'Sky-Hook', a device used in ''

BioShock Infinite ''BioShock Infinite'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K Games. The third installment in the ''BioShock'' series, ''Infinite'' was released worldwide for the Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, ...

'' to ride Sky-Lines in Columbia and as a melee weapon * 'Sky hook', a "non-existent" item commonly requested in a construction industry ''

Fool's errand A fool's errand prank is a type of practical joke where a newcomer to a group, typically in a workplace context, is given an impossible or nonsensical task by older or more experienced members of the group. More generally, a fool's errand is a t ...

Music

*"Skyhook", a song by Dance Gavin Dance from their second studio album ''

Dance Gavin Dance Dance Gavin Dance is an American rock band from Sacramento, California, formed in 2005. The band currently consists of vocalists Jon Mess and Tilian Pearson, lead guitarist Will Swan, rhythm guitarist Andrew Wells, and drummer Matthew Mingus. ...

'' *

Skyhooks (band) Skyhooks were an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in March 1973 by mainstays Greg Macainsh on bass guitar and backing vocals, and Imants "Freddie" Strauks on drums. They were soon joined by Bob "Bongo" Starkie on guitar and backing vo ...

, an Australian rock band

Science

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

Sports

Hook shot In basketball, a hook shot is a play in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of the arm farther from the basket in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends ov ...

, variant, the signature shot of Basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * Skyhook (boarding), a binding used in skateboarding and related sports *

Skyhook (climbing) __NOTOC__ This glossary of climbing terms is a list of definitions of terms and jargon related to rock climbing and mountaineering. The specific terms used can vary considerably between different English-speaking countries; many of the phrases d ...

, a hook used in technical climbing *

Skyhook (skydiving) A Main-Assisted Reserve Deployment (MARD) system is a skydiving safety device for parachute systems. While there are many variations, the operation and intended outcome for each is the same: open the reserve parachute container and extract the r ...

, a device for quickly extracting reserve parachutes * Skyhook (tennis), a smash in which the Eastern grip used to hit the ball further behind the body than is normally possible

Technology

Airco DH.6 The Airco DH.6 was a British military Trainer (aircraft), trainer biplane used by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Known by various nicknames, including the "Clutching hand" and "Skyhook", many survived to be used as a civil ligh ...

, nicknamed Skyhook, an early (1916) ''ab initio'' trainer aircraft * Australian Autogyro Skyhook, also known as the Minty Skyhook Mini Chopper * Cessna CH-1, nicknamed Cessna Skyhook, a helicopter produced in the early 1960s by the Cessna Aircraft company that was marketed to the civil sector *

Fulton surface-to-air recovery system The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS) is a system used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), United States Air Force and United States Navy for retrieving persons on the ground using aircraft such as the MC-130E Combat Talon I ...

, nicknamed Skyhook, a retrieval method by which a flying aircraft picks up a payload * Skyhook (cable), a hypothetical device used to lift an object on a long cable hanging from the sky *

Skyhook (structure) A skyhook is a proposed momentum exchange tether that aims to reduce the cost of placing payloads into low Earth orbit. A heavy orbiting station is connected to a cable which extends down towards the upper atmosphere. Payloads, which are much li ...

, a space elevator concept *

Skyhook balloon Skyhook balloons were high-altitude balloons developed by Otto C. Winzen and General Mills, Inc. They were used by the United States Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR) in the late 1940s and 1950s for atmospheric research, especially for const ...

, 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 The SkyHook JHL-40 was a proposed hybrid airship/helicopter. On July 9, 2008, Boeing announced that it had teamed up with SkyHook International, a Canadian company, to develop this aircraft. No further press releases appear after 2009 and Skyhook ...

, an experimental combination airship/helicopter in development by Boeing, primarily for low impact logging *

, a type of main-assisted reserve parachute deployment system *

Skyhook theory An active suspension is a type of automotive suspension on a vehicle. It uses an onboard system to control the vertical movement of the vehicle's wheels relative to the chassis or vehicle body rather than the passive suspension provided by large sp ...

, a theory used in some automobile suspensions *

Skyhook Wireless Skyhook is a location technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in location positioning, context, and intelligence. Founded in 2003, Skyhook originally began by geolocating Wi-Fi access points. It has since then has bee ...

, a technology company that invented hybrid location positioning * Skyhook (Airship), a system used to launch and recover parasite planes from airships. {{disambiguation