Nice shots 😎 whats the badge on the hawk next to the 100sqn hawk??

ATB
James

100sqn also operate aircraft alloocated to JFACTSU

Joint Forward Air Control Training and Support Unit (JFACTSU) at Leeming so that’s their badge on the fin.

Some photo’s of XX265 bottom of http://www.targeta.co.uk/squadronaction_100.htm

Just wondering does anyone have any views whether the RN should buy there own hawks

for only 12 to 15 aircraft it wouldn’t be worth the outlay, we [FRADU] know when ours will be going out of service & as they don’t need to carry pylons or weapons, any RAF Hawks[which ours are] that replace out current fleet will be more than upto the job, RN buying it’s own fleet was mooted years ago just before the hunter/hawk changeover, but cost killed that idea off & RAF aircraft were available. all UK Hawks are now under the Hawk IOS operated by BAe Systems [enginnering/design authority] & the airworthiness stays with MoD as a civil company cannot hold the UK military aircraft airworthiness certification.

That’s a superb photo of 337, one of my jets from FRADU.

I hope your gear was waterproof! Your little Schopf was popular that afternoon……:)

That’s me with the black wolly hat on,standing directly in front of the Hawk,
we have 2 of those new tractors, there OK, but will only take 2 in the cab, where our older douglas taskmaster could carry 4 easily, makes the Schopf a pain when we are moving aircraft to the paintshop or detuner for engine runs.

weather was really bad, rained all day till around 5 then started to clear, we [the hawks] didn’t fly except for 1 in from Yoevilton & he returned in a FN100 a/c aabout 4pm, waste of a working day for us ground crew, we were just hanging about waiting for the weather to clear & then after the guys crewed in, their bit of the FN100 flypast & display was cancelled.

Yeah I bet you have more work now have all 7 flown with each other yet? I just hope we get to see RN Hawks at Bournemouth Airshow maybe in a flypast with either 2X FRA Falcon 20
or the Sea Vixen which I hear is being flown by a RN pilot this year is he one of you hawk boys?

Regards
James

Not one of our pilots, all ours are EX- RN or RAF guys.

not had all 7 up togetrher as a formation, 4 up & 1 on flyable spare tomorrow at Culdrose air day & the other 2 on static with a FRA Falcon.

I’ll keep an eye out for you, me well hard to describe, tall, going bald and holding a long lens 😉

Seriously, I am taking the day off work and travelling down from RAF St Mawgan, I am in the FAA and gutted that I have to pay full price…any other day I can walk straight in!

Hopefully see you guys there!

All the best

Si

get in before 8am if you have a culdrose car pass