BAE Hawk Trainer Developments

[GTX]

https://www.minister.defence.gov.au...-jet-training-aircraft-contract-delivers-more

 

[kaiserd]

A new engine would suggest that the 2032 date is a minimum with further service expected.

 

[UpForce]

A new engine would suggest that the 2032 date is a minimum with further service expected.

It's interesting to see what is going to happen with Hawks (worldwide, even). Renowned for its flying qualities, just anecdotally, I've seen/read several interviews with highly experienced fighter pilots (test/instructor level) who have flown several (perhaps tens of) types of aircraft and who volunteer this particular jet as their favorite - often hands down. Should be a legacy to build on.

 

[Hood]

The RCAF is saying goodbye to its Hawks.
A replacement seems up for grabs now, T-7A maybe?

https://www.airforce-technology.com...ircraft-bows-out-of-royal-canadian-air-force/

 

[Maro.Kyo]

The RCAF is saying goodbye to its Hawks.
A replacement seems up for grabs now, T-7A maybe?

https://www.airforce-technology.com...ircraft-bows-out-of-royal-canadian-air-force/

Probably T-7A if they are to continue operating their own aircraft, but I've heard that there is an outsourcing effort in works similar to UKMFTS. If they choose to adopt the earlier UKMFTS approach (before the scale-down), it will be up for the contractor to choose.

 

[Hood]

Probably T-7A if they are to continue operating their own aircraft, but I've heard that there is an outsourcing effort in works similar to UKMFTS. If they choose to adopt the earlier UKMFTS approach (before the scale-down), it will be up for the contractor to choose.

That's true, but with presumably NATO paying something towards it they might plump for the T-7.

 

[Flyaway]

The chief of the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has said he would like to replace the service’s BAE Systems Hawk T2 advanced jet trainers as soon as possible after a series of technical problems with the type has put the brakes on the UK jet training pipeline.

Air Chief Marshal Richard Knighton, the RAF’s Chief of the Air Staff, said Hawk issues were now the one snag in the UK’s military flight training system. Problems with the fleet have prompted the service to send student fighter pilots away to Italy and the U.S.

“We don’t get what we need from Hawk today,” Knighton told the Freeman Air and Space Institute here on Nov. 26. “We are getting half of what we should get out of it … I would like to replace Hawk T2 as soon as we can.”

https://aviationweek.com/defense/li...ef-calls-earlier-replacement-hawk-t2-trainers

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1-7-1984

 

[windcalm]

https://aviationweek.com/defense/li...ng-hours-growing-after-engine-issues-raf-says
The RAF says Hawk T2 jets are flying more again after engine problems had reduced their availability. Engine fixes are improving training capacity.

 

[SQ_747]

Hello everyone, first time poster here. Please tell me if this is the wrong forum to post.

I saw this picture recently browsing a British aircraft-focused Facebook group.


A Hawk 200 prototype, but instead of the 30mm Aden common in the Hawk. Is that an SUU-series gun pod? iirc the 200 prototypes had a nose-mounted cannon pack too before the centerline semi-recessed pod.

 

[TsrJoe]

Vinten camera pod ? ref. Flight International, 20 June 1987

 

[SQ_747]

Vinten camera pod ? ref. Flight International, 20 June 1987

That solves it, a Vicon camera pod. Thanks!