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British Aerospace Hawk: Armed Light Attack and Multi-Combat Fighter Trainer
British Aerospace Hawk: Armed Light Attack and Multi-Combat Fighter Trainer
British Aerospace Hawk: Armed Light Attack and Multi-Combat Fighter Trainer
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British Aerospace Hawk: Armed Light Attack and Multi-Combat Fighter Trainer

By Dave Windle and Martin W. Bowman

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For many years the worlds finest aerobatic team, the RAFs Red Arrows, have thrilled millions with their demonstrations of this fine aircraft's agility and maneuverability. Black Hawks can also be seen in the valleys of Wales, flying ground-hugging flight paths along the valleys. These are the aircraft used to teach flying perfection to new generations of fighter and ground-attack pilots. The aircraft has earned millions of pounds, being exported to many overseas countries.This book contains the world famous color profiles created by Dave Windle of the type in different operational modes, configurations and color schemes. Martin Bowman has written detailed descriptions and photographs to create the perfect enthusiasts reference.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
Release dateFeb 23, 2011
ISBN9781783461165
British Aerospace Hawk: Armed Light Attack and Multi-Combat Fighter Trainer
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Dave Windle

Dave Windle has gained the reputation of being Britain’s most skilful creator of aircraft profiles. He draws upon his service with the RAF to maintain complete accuracy. Lives near Aberdeen. Martin Bowman is one of Britain’s foremost aviation historians and has written many books and articles. He lives in Norwich.

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    British Aerospace Hawk - Dave Windle

    Hawk T.1A XX205 armed with 30 mm ADEN cannon pod on the centre-line and a pair of AIM-9L Sidewinder AAMs under the wings. The Hawk T.1A modification programme for eighty-nine aircraft was completed in May 1986. (BAe)

    First published in Great Britain in 2010 by

    PEN & SWORD AVIATION

    An imprint of

    Pen & Sword Books Ltd

    47 Church Street

    Barnsley

    South Yorkshire

    S70 2AS

    Copyright © Dave Windle & Martin W. Bowman, 2010

    9781783461165

    The right of Dave Windle & Martin W. Bowman to be identified as Authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

    A CIP catalogue record for this book is

    available from the British Library

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing.

    Printed and bound in Thailand

    By Kyodo Nation Printing Services, Thailand

    Pen & Sword Books Ltd incorporates the Imprints of

    Pen & Sword Aviation, Pen & Sword Family History, Pen & Sword Maritime,

    Pen & Sword Military, Wharncliffe Local History, Pen & Sword Select,

    Pen & Sword Military Classics, Leo Cooper, Remember When,

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    Table of Contents

    Title Page

    Copyright Page

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    BRITISH AEROSPACE HAWK

    PROFILES OF FLIGHT - BRITISH AEROSPACE HAWK

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    I am indebted to Bernard Noble and his son Kevin Noble for their kind permission to adapt material from Noble Endeavours (Three Generations of RAF Pilots) (1998), which details the varied and successful careers of both these remarkable RAF pilots. The vivid descriptions of Hawk training have been adapted from this family ‘bible’. Bernard joined the RAF as an apprentice in 1946, and was a serving RAF officer until retirement in 1994 with the rank of squadron leader. Kevin Noble became a Jaguar pilot in RAF Germany, and this period of his remarkable career is featured in SEPECAT Jaguar: Tactical Support & Maritime Strike Fighter by Martin W. Bowman (Pen & Sword 2007). His later career on the Panavia Tornado is also featured in the Profiles of Flight series. At the time of writing Kevin is a 747 commercial airline captain with British Airways.

    Hawk T.1A XX309 at the October Air Show at Duxford in 2005. (Author)

    BRITISH AEROSPACE HAWK

    ‘While the Hawk may not have either the classical elegance of the Hunter or the nimble agility of the Gnat,’ wrote one senior RAF training officer and former Red Arrows pilot, ‘the Hawk is a very versatile aircraft and effective advanced trainer.’ Air Staff Target (AST) 362 was issued in 1964 for a new high-performance trainer to replace the Hawker Siddeley Gnat and the Hunter T. 7, as well as certain Jet Provost roles, in service with the Royal Air Force. At that time the requirement was only partially filled by a small number of two-seat SEPECAT Jaguar aircraft. The decision was taken to abandon the idea of a high-performance trainer, and the requirement changed to that of a subsonic aircraft. In 1968 Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd at Kingston-on-Thames and Dunsfold, Surrey, a company with a vast experience of building military training aircraft, initiated studies for such a trainer, and the company’s private venture P.1182 (later HS.1182) evolved into an advanced trainer formalised as AST 397 in January 1970. In October 1971 Hawker Siddeley emerged successful from a Ministry of Defence competition with a project known as the HS.1182, and in April 1972 it was awarded a production contract for a total of 175 Hawk T.1s. There were no prototypes or pre-production aircraft, five of the six aircraft used for flight development being scheduled to be refurbished for delivery to the RAF as part of the production order. The last of these was delivered to the RAF on 17 March 1982, the last production aircraft (XX353) having been handed over on 9 February that same year.

    A Hawk T.1 of 4 FTS RAF Valley, passing the Menai Bridge. (MoD)

    Six Hawks flying in formation as Farnborough ’76 opened. The second aircraft in formation is the civil-registered company demonstrator, G-HAWK (ZA101), making its public debut at Farnborough. (Hawker Siddeley)

    The design team opted for a simple but robust low-wing layout for an aircraft of modest dimensions, though much larger than the Gnat, and powered by a Rolls-Royce/Turboméca Adour Mk 151-01 low-bypass turbofan engine rated at 5,200 lb. In reheated form, two of these engines powered the Jaguar strike/attack aircraft,

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