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APRIL 1975 AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING 5 Aircraft Engineering EW British aircraft - like rare payer and a real asset to the Royal aircraft is designed for a single N birds - are seldom seen in the Air Force. In short, it represents mission, the road is clear enough; but when more than one role is in sky today. The HS 1182 Hawk is, value for money. tended, then real technical and cost therefore, a welcome sight and long The requirement for a trainer with problems result. may she fly. It's not that the Hawk is ground attack capability has been a particularly exotic species - to the abundantly clear since Britain joined Any comparison between the two contrary she is rather plain. But what with France and produced the Jaguar. aircraft is invalid because, for a start, matters is the role that this aircraft A supersonic aircraft of the latter the Jaguar is supersonic whereas is destined to play without being type, primarily intended for ground the Hawk is of subsonic capability. hedged in by expenditure of enor attack duties in any event, was Even so, the Hawk represents a mean mous sums of money. Any aircraft obviously a too expensive animal to ingful compromise especially if view being produced at a fixed price be tied down to training. It shows ed in terms of the training require makes it a 'rare bird' indeed, apart how painfully wrong operational pro ment per se. G.H.G. from making good sense to the tax ject study groups can be. When an ACKNOWLEDGEMENT S Th e editor wishes to extend his thanks to Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited, Gordo n Hodson (Asst . Chief Designer), Ton y Lewis (P.R. Mana ger), and to the undermentioned sub-contractors (their respective authors and/or P.R. Managers) for their assistance and co-operation in the preparation of this special Hawk issue. Th e Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co (Great Normalair-Garret t Ltd. Sperr y Gyroscope (D. Comibear, C.Eng., Rose Bearings (a division of Rose For- Britain ) Ltd. MIEE.,B.Sc.Eng.) grov e (Ltd.) Dowt y Hydraulic Units Ltd. Fligh t Refuelling Ltd. British Insulated Calender's Cables Ltd. Hawke r Siddeley Dynamics Ltd. F.P.T . Industries Ltd. Marconi-Elliot t Avionic Systems Ltd. Th e Hymatic Engineering Co Ltd. Penn y & Giles Ltd. Cementatio n (Muffelite) Ltd. Automotiv e Products Ltd. Ferrant i Ltd. Louis Newmark Ltd. SK F (U.K.) Ltd. Negrett i & Zambra (Aviation) Ltd.
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology – Emerald Publishing
Published: Apr 1, 1975
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