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09 Sep 2021 21:28 #1 by netcompsys
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The latest sale brochure, September 2021

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governm...es_Brochure_2021.pdf
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10 Sep 2021 07:10 #2 by netcompsys
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No reference in this brochure to the Hawk T1 or the Typhoon tranche 1 aircraft which are also slated to be available for disposal
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10 Sep 2021 10:53 #3 by Peter Kirk
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I was after a Viking ATPV but didn't see one.
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10 Sep 2021 21:38 #4 by netcompsys
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I was after a Viking ATPV but didn't see one.


I think they are still in service, but plenty of the earlier Bv206 are available.....

army-uk.com/sub-equipment.php?SID=10&SID2=10
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11 Sep 2021 09:10 #5 by mbriscoe
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12 Sep 2021 09:02 - 12 Sep 2021 09:15 #6 by TerryClark
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At least 5 pages on www.pprune.org regarding Hawk disposals; scheduled that ALL T1s will go by Apr 2022 however the feeling is this will not include T1a's.
Unfortunately 'my' Hawk (XX186; logged 1 hr 20 min in Aug '79) was w/o after a 'control restriction' was encountered in 1998 and the crew ejected. .

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12 Sep 2021 10:27 #7 by TerryClark
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Sorry I was talking b0ll0cks about the above; I got the tail number wrong and my Hawk was actually XX183 which was written off after a birdstrike in 2003, the single pilot ejecting.

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12 Sep 2021 11:57 #8 by John Anderson
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Saw earlier last week (in a newspaper) the claim that there are no plans to replace the Hawk T2's. RAF planning on going down the route of ground based synthetic training. I suppose at some stage pilots will have to fly a real aircraft but maybe not?

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14 Sep 2021 12:12 #9 by Peter Kirk
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Never sure about using simulators for lots of training although I suspect the RAF ones are more realistic than the dining ones I encountered which didn't cater for potholes, puddles or sidewinds.

With the reliance on drones looming and the ridiculous cost of a single aircraft perhaps the future pilots will never feel the G.
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