hook maneuver
nounEtymology From hook + maneuver. From the anglicized onomatopoeia of the sound produced when practising the maneuver, with the inhalation "HOO" and exhalation "KEH" sounds.
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Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences 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 exhalation, (HOO-KEH... hook)
- Coordinate terms
- anti-G straining maneuver