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A cockpit view from a BAE Hawk showing the explosive cord in the canopy. On many high-performance military aircraft, the canopy is an integral part of the ejection seat system. The pilot cannot be ejected from the aircraft until the canopy is no longer in the path of the ejection seat.
A warning applied on the cockpit side of some aircraft using an ejection seat system intended especially for the maintenance and emergency crews. The "standard" ejection system operates in two stages. First, the entire canopy or hatch above the aviator is opened, shattered, or jettisoned, and the seat and occupant are launched through the opening.
Hawk 51A – Seven Hawks were sold to Finland as part of a follow-on order. Powered by Adour 851 engine as used by Hawk 51, but with structural and wing modifications of later Hawks. [110] Hawk 52 – Export version for the Kenyan Air Force. Fitted with braking parachute. Twelve ordered 9 February 1978, with deliveries from 1980 to 1981. [111]
Based on the BAE Systems Hawk, Hawk 200 was developed as a dedicated combat variant of the Hawk advanced trainer family for export market. Distinctive features of Hawk 200 as compared to other Hawk variants are the wider and pointed nose, accommodating the Northrop Grumman AN/APG-66H radar, and the shorter canopy, being the only true single ...
BAE Systems Hawk 165 Military unit No. 21 Squadron RSAF is a squadron of the Royal Saudi Air Force that operates the BAE Systems Hawk 165 at King Faisal Air Base , Tabuk , Tabuk Province in Saudi Arabia within RSAF 7 Wing.
The operating and support costs of the Skyfox were less than that of the T-33 and could compete with the costs of the Hawk and the Alpha Jet. Structural improvements, avionics upgrades, electrical rewiring, airframe and systems refurbishment, and powerplant modifications resulted in low cost, low maintenance hours, and low spare parts consumption.
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The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) T-45 Goshawk is a highly modified version of the British BAE Systems Hawk land-based training jet aircraft.Manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) and British Aerospace (now BAE Systems), the T-45 is used by the United States Navy as an aircraft carrier-capable trainer.