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F-111 TAIL HOOK, Fighter jet aircraft, bomber tail hook Aardvark tailhook
F-111 TAIL HOOK, Fighter jet aircraft, bomber tail hook Aardvark tailhook
F-111 TAIL HOOK, Fighter jet aircraft, bomber tail hook Aardvark tailhook
F-111 TAIL HOOK, Fighter jet aircraft, bomber tail hook Aardvark tailhook
F-111 TAIL HOOK, Fighter jet aircraft, bomber tail hook Aardvark tailhook
F-111 TAIL HOOK, Fighter jet aircraft, bomber tail hook Aardvark tailhook
F-111 TAIL HOOK, Fighter jet aircraft, bomber tail hook Aardvark tailhook
F-111 TAIL HOOK, Fighter jet aircraft, bomber tail hook Aardvark tailhook
F-111 TAIL HOOK, Fighter jet aircraft, bomber tail hook Aardvark tailhook
F-111 TAIL HOOK, Fighter jet aircraft, bomber tail hook Aardvark tailhook
F-111 TAIL HOOK, Fighter jet aircraft, bomber tail hook Aardvark tailhook
F-111 TAIL HOOK, Fighter jet aircraft, bomber tail hook Aardvark tailhook

F-111 TAIL HOOK, Fighter jet aircraft, bomber tail hook Aardvark tailhook

$ 203.28

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Used
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    Description

    This is a really nice tail hook off of an F-111 Aardvark fighter, bomber, jet aircraft.  This is not a mock-up—this is the real thing—an extremely difficult to find, rare item!  I picked this up many years ago, along with some other items at a military auction.  You can see by the photos and its condition, that if it could talk, this tail hook would have some great stories to tell.  It has been ground down some where the hook scraped against the runway surface, and there is also burned residue (I am guessing it is from some of the coating on the cable) in the notched area where the cable would be under high pressure as it rubbed against the hook—I imagine it would get really hot while slowing the F-111 down before it ran out of runway.  Another really neat part about this tail hook is that it even has its serial number (36), which is a really low number, so I imagine that this was one of the first hooks built for an F-111.
    Maybe with a little research on the serial number, you can find out what F-111 this tail hook was installed in, along with the history of that particular aircraft.
    What a great display item for a den, playroom, office, etc..  Mount it on the wall with a plaque listing the specifications and a photo of an F-111!  Due to its military origins, this tail hook is sold for display use only within the United States of America only, and is not sold for use on an aircraft as originally intended.  Thanks for viewing this listing.