skyjack

verb

1. To steal or commandeer (hijack) an airplane, usually by threat of violence to the passengers and/or crew members.

noun

1. Synonym of scissor lift.

   “Concrete was placed continuously, with an observer in a skyjack above the column communicating with the pump operator to avoid overfilling[...]”

   “A skyjack—a thirty-foot-high filming platform that rises on a hydraulic scissors lift—is in place, with a cameraman overseeing the practice.”