Wings Over Illawarra Airshow 2019
This 100 page pictorial is packed with stunning imagery from the Wings Over Illawarra Airshow 2019 and aims to capture the highlights of the day and to showcase the beauty of fine art aviation photography.
This 100 page pictorial is packed with stunning imagery from the Wings Over Illawarra Airshow 2019 and aims to capture the highlights of the day and to showcase the beauty of fine art aviation photography.
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BAE Systems
Hawk 127
The BAE Systems Hawk is a British single-engine, jet-powered advanced trainer aircraft. It was first flown at Dunsfold, Surrey,
in 1974 as the Hawker Siddeley Hawk, and subsequently produced by its successor companies, British Aerospace and BAE
Systems, respectively. It has been used in a training capacity and as a low-cost combat aircraft.
Operators of the Hawk include the Royal Air Force (notably the Red Arrows display team) and a considerable number of foreign
military operators. The Hawk is still in production in the UK and under licence in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
with over 9000 Hawks sold to 18 operators around the world.
The Royal Australian Air Force ordered 33 Hawk 127 Lead-in Fighters (LIFs) in June 1997, 12 of which were produced in the UK
and 21 in Australia. This variant is also powered by the Adour 871. The Hawk 127 is operated by the RAAF’s No. 76 Squadron
and No. 79 Squadron which are based at RAAF Base Williamtown and RAAF Base Pearce respectively. Work to upgrade the
RAAF’s Hawks to a standard similar to the Hawk 128 standard began in 2014, and it is planned that the two squadrons will begin
operations with these aircraft in 2017.
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