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Why do Navy Planes Have Tailhooks?

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 9:41 pm
by whemme
Why do Navy Planes Have Tailhooks?

Unbelievably, people don't realize that after a tough day of flying on and off of an aircraft carrier the planes are always washed, and they use the hooks to hang the planes over the side to drip dry.