A tailhook, arresting hook, or arrester hook is a device attached to the empennage (rear) of some military fixed-wing aircraft. The hook is used to achieve rapid deceleration during routine …

The Tailhook scandal was a military scandal in which United States (U.S.) Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aviation officers were alleged to have sexually assaulted up to 83 women and seven …

Tailhook spiraled further out of control one week later. The Vice Chief of Naval Operations asked Admiral Williams to review NIS files for any report that Secretary Garrett had been in the “rhino …

Dec 16, 2011 · The Brits put a tailhook on an Airacobra I to evaluate arrestment of an airplane with a nose landing gear. It pivoted from a fitting just in front of the tail post and was manually …

To land on the flight deck, each plane needs a tailhook, which is exactly what it sounds like -- an extended hook attached to the plane's tail. The pilot's goal is to snag the tailhook on one of …

The word tailhook refers to the hook underneath the tail of the aircraft that catches the arresting wire suspended across the flight deck in order to stop the landing plane quickly. The Tailhook …

Apr 24, 1993 · In its investigative report on the Tailhook incident, the Defense Department inspector general’s office provided the first comprehensive account of what actually happened …

Wingtip 300-gallon tanks were normally fitted. No guns were provided—a first in Navy attack aircraft—with the aircraft relying on speed to escape from hostile fighters. Top speed of the AJ …

Several four-engine aircraft have flown from carriers. Two such quadruple-engined planes intended from the outset for carrier operation were developed by the Royal Navy during World …

Carrier pilots from World War II to Desert Storm recount the history of naval aviation and the warriors on aircraft carriers who made it possible. Tailhook Association and Speed & Angels …