British Aerospace Hawk 200

what is it?

The British Aerospace Hawk 200 is a British single-seat, single-engine, subsonic light multirole fighter designed for air defence, air denial, anti-shipping, interdiction, close air support, and ground attack. Based on the BAE Systems Hawk, Hawk 200 was developed as a dedicated combat variant of the Hawk advanced trainer family for export market. Distinctive features of Hawk 200 as compared to other Hawk variants are the wider and pointed nose, accommodating the Northrop Grumman AN/APG-66H radar, and the shorter canopy, being the only true single-seat Hawk variant.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 9.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,037 km/htop speed
• range 892 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 1passengers
• size 9,101 kgmax take-off weight
• built 62made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 40 years ago, in 1986.
• 🏎️Top speed is 8.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.4 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.7× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1986

introduced

1986

status

still flying

number built

62

role

light multirole fighter

engines

1× Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk 871

crew

1

passengers

1

length

11.4 m

wingspan

9.4 m

height

4.2 m

max take-off weight

9,101 kg

top speed

1,037 km/h

cruise speed

796 km/h

range

892 km

ceiling

15,250 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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