hook maneuver

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English

Etymology

hook +‎ maneuver From the anglicized onomatopoeia of the sound produced when practising the maneuver, with the inhalation "HOO" and exhalation "KEH" sounds.

Noun

hook maneuver (plural hook maneuvers)

  1. (aviation, space flight) An anti-G technique to increase G-tolerance and reduce G-LOC incidences, which involves powerful inhalation, and rapid exhalation, resulting in breathing noises that sound like "HOO" for inhalation, and "KEH" for exhalatoin, (HOO-KEH... hook)

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