Airedalandian Aerospace Systems Hawk/Sea Hawk

The Hawk family of advanced jet trainers, designed and built by Airedalandian Aerospace Systems is the standard advanced training aircraft of the Royal Air Force of Airedalandia and the Royal Navy of Airedalandia, which uses the Sea Hawk version.

Development
The Hawk was developed to meet a 1970 RAFA requirement for an jet trainer. While some manufactures opted for supersonic designs, they were determined to costly, difficult to fly and also beyond the scope of the requirement to be deemed necessary, so the RAFA instead bought the best subsonic candidate, the Hawk.

After being flown in 1974, it was clear the Hawk was a perfect fit for the RAFA, and 48 were ordered in October of 1974. A further 5 were ordered in 1977.

With the standoff with Ebeline heating up in the mid 1970's, air defence became a national priority, as Eblelinian bombers delivering nuclear ordnance from above seemed to be a serious threat. In response, AAS was ordered to not only speed development of the Tornado, but also to develop version of the Hawk to assist in air defence duties. The Hawk TF II, built for this requirement, was test flown in 1983 and was introduced in 1986.

Impressed by the Hawk, and also in need of new jet trainers, the RNA ordered a carrier capable version of the Hawk, christened the ''Sea Hawk. ''The first Sea Hawks were delivered to the RNA in 1988.

Variants
Airedalandian Aerospace Systems Model 379:

First prototype version which flew from 1974 to 1980 exclusively with AAS. Two were built, and both were donated to museums.

Hawk T I

Initial production version for the RAFA, fitted with two hardpoints for weapons training. Declared operational on June 1st, 1976 and all were retired by 2007.

53 were built.

Hawk TF II

Version of the Hawk equipped with five hardpoints that have a capacity of 1,500 lbs. It is currently in production, and since its introduction in 1986, 85 have been delivered to the RAFA, including one prototype.

Sea Hawk TF I

Navalized version of the TF II for the Royal Navy of Airedalandia, 27 built, along with two prototypes which bring total Sea Hawk production to 29 aircraft. This variant continues to be low rate production. The first aircraft entered service in 1988.

Specifications
Crew: 2: student and instructor

Length: 12.43 m (40 ft 9 in)

Wingspan: 9.94 m (32 ft 7 in)

Height: 3.98 m (13 ft 1 in)

Wing area: 16.70 m2 (179.64 ft2)

Empty weight: 4,480 kg (9,880 lb)

MTOW: 20,000 lbs

Max takeoff weight: 9,100 kg (20,000 lb)

Maximum speed: Mach 0.84 (1,028 km/h, 638 mph) at altitude

Range: 2,520 km (1,360 nmi, 1,565 mi)

Service ceiling: 13,565 m (44,500 ft)

Rate of climb: 47 m/s (9,300 ft/min)

Thrust/weight: 0.65

Armament: 5 hardpoints for up to 6,800 lbs of ordnance. Standard weapons loadout is 4 air to air missiles and one 30mm gun pod.