Skyhook, sky hook or skyhooks may refer to:

Fiction

* 'Skyhooks' or 'Skyhooks II', parts 1 and 8 respectively of the Adventure Time 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 Keller, ...

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

Music

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

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) ''Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life'' is a 1995 book by the philosopher Daniel Dennett, in which the author looks at some of the repercussions of Darwinian theory. The crux of the argument is that, whether or not Darwin ...

, an explanation of design complexity in the universe that does not build on lower, simpler layers

Sports

* Hook shot, variant, the signature shot of Basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar *

Skyhook (boarding) In skateboarding and related sports, skyhooks are devices which serve as semi-open bindings. They are usually made of aluminium, steel Steel is an alloy made up of iron with added carbon to improve its strength and fracture resistance co ...

, a binding used in skateboarding and related sports * Skyhook (climbing), 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 tennis is a shot that is hit above the hitter's head with a serve-like motion. It is also referred to as an overhead. A smash can usually be hit with a high amount of force and is often a shot that ends the point. Most smashes are hit f ...

, a smash in which the Eastern grip used to hit the ball further behind the body than is normally possible

Technology

* 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 The Cessna CH-1 Skyhook is the only helicopter ever built by the Cessna Aircraft Company. It was the first helicopter to land on the summit of Pike's Peak and the last piston-engined helicopter to set the helicopter altitude record. The 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 skyhook is a "hook" used to lift an object on a long cable hanging from the sky, without readily apparent support. In the mid-20th century it was common in the Boy Scouts and occupations such as oil drilling to send new recruits on a futile sear ...

, 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 space station, orbiting station is connected to a cable which extends down towards the upper atmosphere. Payloads, whi ...

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