Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum

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Two Museums are at Gifu Air Base Japan, Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum and Gifu Base Museum.

Gulfstream G200

The Gulfstream G200 is the new designation for the IAI 1126 Galaxy, after Gulfstream Aerospace took over marketing of the type in May 2001. The aircraft falls into the super mid-size class of business jets and offers transatlantic range with a roomy cabin.

British Aerospace Hawk

The British Aerospace Hawk started life as the Hawker-Siddeley P1182 which won the competition for a new advanced trainer for the RAF in 1971. The prototype flew in 1974. The British Aerospace Hawk is a small, single engine, two-seat advanced trainer, which entered RAF service in 1976, to replace the Gnat and later the Jet Provost in RAF service.

Since the Hawk is such a responsive, agile and predictable aircraft, students remain with the Hawk throughout their advanced training syllabus, it is also a capable front line fighter carrying war-loads up to 3100 kg. These are carried beneath the fuselage and on four under wing pylons.

Worldwide sales of the British Aerospace Hawk now exceed 900 aircraft to 19 customers. The most significant order came from the US Navy who selected the Hawk as the basis for its advanced jet strike training program. Known as the T-45 Goshawk.

Red Arrows

In the winter of 1979/80 the Red Arrows took delivery of the Hawk,  it replaced the Hawker Siddeley Gnats which the Red Arrows had flown since 1965. Aside from its paint scheme the Red Arrows Hawk differs little from the standard T Mk1. Each of the teams aircraft carries a ventral 318 liter tank containing diesel oil and red and blue dye, in separate compartments. On selection these fluids are pumped to three jet pipe nozzles where the hot temperature produces the smoke.

 

Developing nation:	United Kingdom.
Designer:	Hawker Siddeley.
Manufacturer:	BAE Systems.
Production line:	Brough, East Yorkshire, UK.
Task:	Lead-in fighter trainer.
First flight:	August 21, 1974 XX154.
First delivery:	November 1976, RAF 4FTS at Valley.
	BAe Hawk T.1
Crew:	2.
Ejection seat:	Martin Baker Mk.10 zero-zero.
Wing Span:	9,39 m.
Wing Area:	16,69 m².
Length fuselage:	11,17 m.
Length fuselage including probe:	11,86 m.
Height:	3,99 m.
Tail plane span:	4,39 m.
Wheelbase:	3,47 m.
Wheel track:	4,50 m.
Engines:	One Rolls Royce/Turboméca Adour Mk.151-01 rated 23.13 kN.
Weight:	- Empty: 3.647 Kg. - Internal fuel: 1.704 liters. - External fuel: 2 x 864 liter drop tanks. - Max. payload: 3.084 Kg.
Max. take off weight:	5.700 Kg.
Max. speed:	1.038 km/h at 3.355 m.
Service ceiling:	15.240 m.
Range:	- range 2.428 km without drop tanks. - ferry range 3.094 km with drop tanks. - combat radius 556 km with a 2.540 kg war load or 1.038 km with a 1.361 kg war load.
Performance:	- max. rate of climb at sea level 2.835 m per minute. - climb to 9.145 m in 6 minutes, 6 seconds. - take-off run 549 m at max. take-off weight. - landing run 488 m at normal landing weight.
g limits:	-4/+8
Centerline hardpoints:	1.
Under wing hardpoints:	4.
Weapons:	- Aden 30 mm cannon with 120 rounds. - AIM-9L Sidewinder. - 9 x 240 kg bombs. - 9 x 113 kg bombs. - 5 x 540 kg  bombs. - cluster bombs. - SNEB rocket pods.
Extra:	Reconnaissance pod.

 

BAe Hawk operators:
Abu Dhabi.	- 1 Hawk T.63 - 15 Hawk T.63A - 5 Hawk T.63C
Dubai.	- 9 Hawk T.61
Finland.	- 57 Hawk Mk.57
Indonesia.	- 20 Hawk T.53
Kenya.	- 12 Hawk T.52
Kuwait.	- 12 Hawk T.64
Saudi Arabia.	- 30 Hawk T.65 - 20 Hawk T.65A
South-Korea.	- 20 Hawk T.67
Switzerland.	- 20 Hawk T.66
United Kingdom.	- 176 Hawk T.1 (88 T.1s upgraded with Sidewinder capability to T.1A and 24 to T.1W).
Zimbabwe.	- 8 Hawk T.60 - 5 Hawk T.60A
US Navy.	- 83 T-45A Goshawk - 91 T-45C Goshawk

 

?	601	Hawk T.60	Zimbabwe Air Force.
?	602	Hawk T.60	Zimbabwe Air Force.
17-05-1980	XX262	Hawk T.1	Red Arrows/Royal Air Force.
17-03-1981	HW-302	Hawk Mk.51	Finnish Air Force.
17-06-1981	LL-5307	Hawk T.53	Indonesian Air Force.
17-06-1981	LL-5308	Hawk T.53	Indonesian Air Force.
17-09-1981	LL-5302	Hawk T.53	Indonesian Air Force.
22-10-1981	LL-5304	Hawk T.53	Indonesian Air Force.
07-01-1982	XX344	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
28-07-1982	XX305	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
20-10-1982	XX300	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
24-06-1983	XX166	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
29-07-1983	XX229	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
10-08-1983	LL-5303	Hawk T.53	Indonesian Air Force.
21-03-1984	XX251	Hawk T.1	Red Arrows/Royal Air Force.
31-08-1984	XX257	Hawk T.1	Red Arrows/Royal Air Force.
25-10-1984	XX298	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
07-11-1984	XX180	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
30-01-1985	XX279	Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force.
17-04-1985	XX293	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
26-09-1985	XX333	Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force.
26-09-1985	XX340	Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force.
02-03-1986	508	Hawk T.61	Dubai (United Arab Emirates Air Force).
04-04-1986	504	Hawk T.61	Dubai (United Arab Emirates Air Force).
04-04-1986	505	Hawk T.61	Dubai (United Arab Emirates Air Force).
09-05-1986	HW-313	Hawk Mk.51	Finnish Air Force.
07-07-1986	XX223	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
03-11-1986	XX297	Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force.
24-02-1987	1016	Hawk T.63A	Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates Air Force).
16-11-1987	XX241	Hawk T.1	Red Arrows/Royal Air Force.
16-11-1987	XX259	Hawk T.1A	Red Arrows/Royal Air Force.
22-01-1988	XX243	Hawk T.1A	Red Arrows/Royal Air Force.
13-05-1988	XX197	Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force.
15-04-1989	1003	Hawk T.63	Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates Air Force).
14-06-1989	XX182	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
14-06-1989	XX291	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
20-06-1989	LL-5318	Hawk T.53	Indonesian Air Force.
19-09-1989	XX192	Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force.
09-05-1990	XX347	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
15-10-1990	U-1256	Hawk T.66	Swiss Air Force.
18-12-1991	506	Hawk T.61	Dubai (United Arab Emirates Air Force).
04-06-1992	163601	T-45A	US Navy.
30-09-1992	XX334	Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force.
01-07-1993	XX163	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
25-04-1994	507	Hawk T.61	Dubai (United Arab Emirates Air Force).
17-08-1994	163629	T-45A	US Navy.
17-08-1994	163639	T-45A	US Navy.
04-11-1994	503	Hawk T.61	Dubai (United Arab Emirates Air Force).
21-07-1995	1006	Hawk T.63A	Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates Air Force).
10-08-1995	XX288	Hawk T.1W	Royal Air Force.
13-02-1996	XX164	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
17-03-1996	163627	T-45A	US Navy.
26-05-1996	XX302	Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force.
01-11-1996	163627	T-45A	US Navy.
08-04-1997	XX343	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
15-04-1997	163634	T-45A	US Navy.
11-12-1997	163640	T-45A	US Navy.
30-04-1998	XX186	Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force.
19-08-1998	163632	T-45A	US Navy.
17-11-1998	XX252	Hawk T.1A	Red Arrows/Royal Air Force.
22-11-1999	XX193	Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force.
18-10-2000	XX282	Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force.
21-02-2001	163601	T-45A	US Navy.
14-01-2002	141	Hawk T.64	Kuwait Air Force.
05-02-2002	8803	Hawk T.65A	Royal Saudi Air Arms.
05-02-2002	8804	Hawk T.65A	Royal Saudi Air Arms.
15-02-2002	XX352	Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force.
28-03-2002	TT-5310	Hawk T.53	Indonesian Air Force.
28-03-2002	TT-5311	Hawk T.53	Indonesian Air Force.
25-03-2003	HW-305	Hawk Mk.51	Finnish Air Force.
23-07-2003	XX183	Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force.
08-02-2004	165631	T-45A	US Navy.
12-07-2004	165…	T-45C	US Navy.
15-05-2004	8801	Hawk T.65A	Royal Saudi Air Arms.
22-03-2005	165…	T-45C	US Navy.
05-04-2005	151	Hawk T.64	Kuwait Air Force.
24-07-2005	8802	Hawk T.65A	Royal Saudi Air Arms.
24-07-2005	8809	Hawk T.65A	Royal Saudi Air Arms.

Zimbabwe Air Force 3 more Hawks are written-off.

British Aerospace Harrier

The BAe / \MDC AV-8S Harrier was the worlds first useable fixed wing V-STOL and vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Became a success thanks to the powerful Rolls Royce Pegasus engine.

The Harrier has proven it’s potential in the Falkland war where Harriers shot down 28 Argentine fighters without any loss on there side.

Within the next decade the Harriers will be slowly replace by the V-STOLL version of the F-35 Lightning II.

Developing Nation:	United Kingdom
First Flight:	- October 21, 1960 (P.1127 Hovering) - March 13, 1961 (P.1127 first actual flight) - February 13, 1964 First flight of Kestrel - August 31, 1966 First developing Harrier - December 28, 1967 Harrier GR.1 - April 24, 1969 T.2 - August 20, 1978 First Sea Harrier FRS
Crew:	1, Trainer 2.
Wing Span:	- 7,70 m - 9,04 m (with tip tanks) - 9,22 m (for the AV-8B)
Wing Area:	- 18,68 m² (Harrier, Sea Harrier and AV-8C) - 21,37 m² (AV-8B)
Length:	- 14,27 m - 13,89 m (AV-8C) - 14,5 m (Sea Harrier) - 17,0 m (Two Seater) - 21,37 m (AV-8B)
Height:	3,55 m
Engine (s):	- Rolls Royce Pegasus turbofan (9752 kg/thrust) 1x - F402-402 (Harrier Mk 103, Sea Harrier Mk 104, AV-8C) - F402-404 (AV-8B)
Weight:	5489 kg. 5783 kg. (AV-8B)
Max.Take off weight:	11340 kg. 13494 kg. (AV-8B)
Max. Speed:	1186 km/h.
Max. Range:	5560 km. (incl. one in-flight refueling) 4633 km. (AV-8B without in-flight refueling)
Weapons:	- Two 30 mm. Aden cannons in pods. - Max. weapon load on 5 brackets: 2268 kg. (but Harriers have flown with as much as 3630 kg.) - Sidewinder, Sea-Eagle and Harpoon missiles AV-8B: has 25 mm. cannon and 9 brackets.
Extra:

The countries that use(d) The Harrier: Great Britain RAF and RN. India Spain Thailand United States Marines.

Aérospatiale/British Aerospace Concorde

Aerospatiale joined with British Aerospace to create supersonic transport (SST) Concorde airliner, the first example of which flew on March 2, 1969. The development costs of the Concorde were so great that they could never be recovered from operations, so, for reasons of national prestige, they were simply written off. The Concorde flew regular transatlantic flights from London Heathrow (British Airways) and Paris Charles de Gaulle (Air France) to New York JFK and Washington Dulles, but its noise and operating expense limited its service. With only 20 aircraft ultimately built, and 14 went into service.

 

On 25 July 2000 an Air France Concorde (F-BTSC) crashed in Gonesse, France, in take-off from Charles de Gaulle Airport. All 100 passengers and nine crew on board the flight, as well as four people on the ground, were killed. 

Operations ceased on 24 October 2003. The last “retirement” flight occurred on 26 November that year. The Concorde proved a technical miracle but an economic disaster.