Skyhook
Skyhook or sky hook may refer to:
Technology
- Skyhook (concept), explanation of design complexity in the universe that does not build on lower, simpler layers
- Skyhook (cable), "hook" used to lift an object on a long cable hanging from the sky
- Skyhook (structure), class of cable based techniques for lifting payloads to high altitudes and speeds
- Space elevator, proposed structure designed to transport material from a celestial body's surface into space
- Skyhook balloon, type of unmanned balloon used by the United States Navy in the late 1940s and in the 1950s for atmospheric research
- Airco DH.6, nicknamed Skyhook; early (1916) ab-initio trainer aircraft
- Fulton surface-to-air recovery system, nicknamed Skyhook; retrieval method by which a flying aircraft picks up a payload
- SkyHook JHL-40, experimental combination airship/helicopter in development by Boeing, primarily for low impact logging
- Cessna CH-1, nicknamed Cessna Skyhook; helicopter produced in the early 1960s by the Cessna Aircraft company that was marketed to the civil sector
- Skyhook Wireless is a service for determining geographical location by looking up the MAC Address of a Wireless Access Point
Fiction
Sports