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tailhook

aircraft device which allows arrested landings on aircraft carriers
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tailhook

Summary

tailhook ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • tailhook's image is recorded as US Navy 010816-N-0295M-003 An arresting wire falls away from an S-3B Viking's tail hook as it stops after landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64).jpg[2].
  • tailhook's subclass of is recorded as aircraft component[3].
  • tailhook's Commons category is recorded as Tail hooks (aircraft)[4].
  • tailhook's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04z8g2[5].

Why It Matters

tailhook ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month).[1] tailhook has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] tailhook is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). tailhook. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tailhook
MLA “tailhook.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/tailhook.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tailhook_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{tailhook}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tailhook}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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