tailhook

Thus the "tailhook," now greatly strengthened to stop jets, was born.

The Screeching Halt 2008

Navy pilot John Lussier had a once-in-a-lifetime experience yesterday, executing a textbook "tailhook" landing on board the aircraft carrier, Abraham Lincoln, with President Bush in the co - pilot's seat.

CNN Transcript May 2, 2003 2003

The president arriving aboard an S-3 Viking for a "tailhook" landing, the first time a president has done that on an aircraft carrier.

CNN Transcript May 2, 2003 2003

A '' 'tailhook' '', in the context of naval aviation, refers specifically to a strong metal hook, on the underside of a [[conventional takeoff and landing]] (CTOL) [[carrier-capable]] aircraft, which catches an arresting wire in the landing system of an [[aircraft carrier]].

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

A '' 'tailhook' '', in the context of naval aviation, refers specifically to a strong metal hook, on the underside of a [[conventional takeoff and landing]] (CTOL) [[carrier-capable]] aircraft, which catches an arresting wire in the landing system of an [[aircraft carrier]].

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

The company also contributed to the development of the jet's tailhook system.

Drone Will Call Aircraft Carriers Home Nathan Hodge 2011

Short on instrument flight time and carrier experience one marine went to war with one shipboard landing in his logbook, the leathernecks nonetheless took the inevitable losses as part of the steep learning curve inherent to tailhook aviation.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

Short on instrument flight time and carrier experience one marine went to war with one shipboard landing in his logbook, the leathernecks nonetheless took the inevitable losses as part of the steep learning curve inherent to tailhook aviation.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

I mean, how on earth are you going to win over Hillary's former supporters by picking a dude who wrote that the military was a "horny woman's dream" or that tailhook was overinvestigated and fought against having female salors, etc?

Could Webb's Writings On Civil War Hurt Veep Chances? 2009

Twice she "" boltered '': she came in too high and too fast, and the tailhook of her plane failed to snag one of the four arresting wires on the ship's deck.

Falling Out Of The Sky 2008