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...

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...

The Tailhook Association is a U.S.-based non-profit organization supporting the interests of sea-based aviation, with emphasis on aircraft carriers. The...

who played a role in opening investigations into what was known as the Tailhook scandal. Coughlin attended Old Dominion University, where she joined the...

equipped with a heavy duty tailhook for landings aboard aircraft carriers and for emergency arrestments ashore. Aman lowered his tailhook and Pardo moved behind...

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on June 29, 1990. Kelso attended the 1991 Tailhook Association meeting in Las Vegas (his second time) at the urging of his...

On October 15, 1993, he was censured for failing to prevent the 1991 Tailhook conference scandal, effectively ending any chance for further career advancement...

landing area, designed to be caught by an aircraft's tailhook. During a normal arrestment, the tailhook engages the wire and the aircraft's kinetic energy...

and he appeared in the ABC movie for television She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal, and in the off-Broadway Cakewalk with Linda Lavin. Knight was...

passing the equator for the first time includes a paddling version) In one Tailhook Association convention for Navy and Marine Corps pilots, female participants...

A Rafale M with its tailhook down on final approach...

being demoted from the rank of three-star vice admiral as a result of the Tailhook scandal. Dunleavy was born and raised in Boston. He attended Boston College...

Look up tailhook, tail-hook, or tail hook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tail hook or variant, may refer to: Tailhook - used on carrier based aircraft...

speedbrakes are located at the aft end of the wing-body fairing, and a tailhook is mounted underneath the fuselage. A fairing beneath the rudder often...

STOBAR) to recover their aircraft. Aircraft that are landing extend a tailhook that catches on arrestor wires stretched across the deck to bring themselves...

These featured folding wingtips, reinforced landing gear and a stronger tailhook for shipboard operation. F-15 2040C Proposed upgrade to the F-15C, allowing...

stresses of carrier arrested landings, a twin-wheel nose gear, and a stronger tailhook for use with carrier arrestor cables. The larger wing area allows for decreased...

signal for a no-radio approach. The loss of hydraulic fluid caused the tailhook to release, and upon landing, he caught the arresting wire attached to...

sexual assault more likely in the real-life military, contributing to the Tailhook scandal in 1991. The 1991 film Hot Shots! was a comedy spoof of Top Gun...

its spine and retractable tricycle landing gear as well as an emergency tailhook; fire suppression system and fuel tank inerting system are installed for...

would perform a zero-length landing by catching an arrester cable with a tailhook, similar to an aircraft carrier landing. The aircraft would then drop onto...

development issue, prompting changes to the main landing gear, tail wheel, and tailhook. Early F4U-1s had difficulty recovering from developed spins, since the...

from the YF-17. For carrier operations, the airframe, undercarriage, and tailhook were strengthened, folding wings and catapult attachments were added, and...

fighter pilots onboard aircraft carriers and in the wake of fallout of the Tailhook scandal. While doing research on which organizational entities would partake...

professional organizations such as the Association of Naval Aviation, the Tailhook Association, the Maritime Patrol Association, and the Naval Helicopter...

spectators in a hospitality suite at Tailhook in 1986, and had been seen cavorting with strippers at earlier Tailhook conventions. Lehman resigned in 1987...

Pub. ISBN 978-0-9734333-1-9. Retrieved 2010-08-13. Tailhook 91: Events at the 35th Annual Tailhook Symposium. DIANE Publishing. 1993-01-31. ISBN 978-0-7881-0117-5...

Two Doug Kinross Episode: "Crazy for a Kiss" 1995 She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal Paula Coughlin Television film 1995 Lonesome Dove: The Series Reverend...

haven't been any more problems than there have been in situations like Tailhook with heterosexuals. I do not believe they should be asked to leave the...

to earlier engines. While landing on USS Midway (CV-41) John Chesire's tailhook missed the arresting gear as he (mistakenly) reduced thrust to idle. He...