the Swiss Air Force base at Emmen in
Kanton Luzern. (The 18 remaining Swiss
aircraft were sold to Finland in 2007.) The
final customer for the Hawk 60 was the
Korean Air Force which ordered 20
examples which were hybrid aircraft,
receiving some elements of the Hawk
200 including the lengthened nose.The Hawk becomes the
Goshawk
In 1979 the United States Navy formulated
a requirement for jet trainer that could
operate from its aircraft carriers. British
Aerospace received a US Navy contract to
develop a proposal for a navalised Hawk
to replace the USN’s Buckeye and
Skyhawk. For this much tougher task,
BAe’s naval Hawk needed a strengthened
undercarriage, a twin nosewheel, an
arrestor hook and new avionics including
a head-up display were required.
As BAe and McDonnell Douglas were
already working closely together on the
Harrier which served with the US Marine
Corps they agreed to work in unison on
this contract. They offered two different
aircraft to the USN; the D-7000 and the
Hawk, whichever aircraft was selected BAe
would be the major sub-contractor. To
help promote the Hawk, BAe’s
demonstrator G-HAWK was dispatched to
USN bases for a month-long tour during Hawk 100 Demonstrator ZJ100. This was the first fully-representative Series 100 Hawk prototype and was the
359th Hawk built. It flew in October 1991 at Warton. (BAE SYSTEMS North West Heritage)98 The Aircraft of British Aerospace and BAE SYSTEMS 1977 - 2017
The first production Hawk 200 was ZJ201
which flew from Warton in February 1992.
The only customers for the single-seat
Hawk 200 have been Malaysia and Oman.
(BAE Systems)