Assembly model 1/72 aircraft NHS Charities Together BAE Hawk Airfix A73100 The British Aerospace (now BAE) Hawk is a modern British jet trainer and light fighter in a low-wing configuration. The drive is provided by one Rolls-Royce Adour Mk 951 motor. The flight of the prototype took place in 1974. During serial production, which began in 1974 and continues to this day, more than 900 copies of this aircraft were produced. The T1A version is armed with one 30 mm ADEN cannon, four AIM-9 or AIM-132 missiles and up to 680 kg of bombs. The BAE Hawk was created as the successor to the Folland Gnat as the Royal Air Force's entry-level fighter pilot training machine. The machine turned out to be very successful: it was distinguished by good performance, high reliability, as well as great maneuverability. It also became one of the base aircraft of the Red Arrows aerobatic group of the Royal Air Force. In the course of serial production, two basic versions of this aircraft were created for the needs of the Air Force. The first, which was also the first in production, received the designation Hawk T1. Later, the Hawk T1A version was created to replace the older Hawker Hunter aircraft as a light fighter. This machine was adapted to carry mounted weapons, an ADEN gun was installed on it. The license to manufacture the BAE Hawk was also sold to the US, where it entered service as the T-45 Goshawk. This version differed quite significantly from the original, for example, using different engines, different avionics and changing the size of the fuselage. The BAE Hawk also found its way to many other foreign recipients, including Australia, Finland, India and Canada.
