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Examples
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And we have tailhooks for garden ornaments ... you know, from jets?
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We have tailhooks (from carrier jets) in our garden the way some people have gnomes ...
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We're going to take as many people as we can, probably more than a pool, probably anybody that wants to go in probably some kind of aircraft that actually tailhooks onto the carrier.
Pm Press Briefing By Dee Dee Myers ITY National Archives 1993
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The U.S. military sent untried planes to recently commissioned carriers, some of which saw disastrous results with wing folding mechanisms failing, bouncing tailhooks, leaky hydraulic lines and collapsing tail wheels.
Home 2010
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The U.S. military sent untried planes to recently commissioned carriers, some of which saw disastrous results with wing folding mechanisms failing, bouncing tailhooks, leaky hydraulic lines and collapsing tail wheels.
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The U.S. military sent untried planes to recently commissioned carriers, some of which saw disastrous results with wing folding mechanisms failing, bouncing tailhooks, leaky hydraulic lines and collapsing tail wheels.
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Blue Angels require locations with a 6,000-foot runway and an available arresting gear cable to catch the jets 'tailhooks and help them decelerate quickly upon landing.
ajc.com - News 2010
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Remember the STOVL version is the replacement for the USMC Harrier and the B model has heavy landing gear and tailhooks for carrier operations.
Latest Articles 2009
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