Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 47 Issue 4
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The Hawk takes flight
G.H.G.NEW British aircraft — like rare birds — are seldom seen in the sky today. The HS 1182 Hawk is, therefore, a welcome sight and long may she fly. It's not that the Hawk is a…
The Agile ‘Hawk’
T.C. FordDECISION on a replacement for Royal Air Force training types that would provide a jet aircraft capable of the complete duty cycle awaited a basically simple design inherently able…
Oxygen System
NORMALAIR‐ Garrett Ltd's contribution to the Hawk Oxygen System comprise of Regulator, E. O. Cylinder, Flow Sensor and Mask.
Modern Bearing Technology in the ‘Hawk’
Eric VawserPLAIN, slide‐surface bearings were used right at the start of engineering practice, in the form of simple bushes. Whereas there is nowadays a very wide selection of bearings of…
Electrical System
THE long association between Hawker Siddeley and BICC continues with the extensive use of Fepsil and Minyvin airframe wiring cables on the Hawk project.
Avionics
A D380 Automatic Direction Finder Equipment produced by the Airadio Division of Marconi‐Elliott Avionic Systems Limited, at Basildon, Essex, has been selected for installation in…
Fuel System
KINGSTON Design Engineers always arrived at system simplicity and reliability, which has been carried through by Flight Refuelling Ltd in the Hawk fuel system. Fuel is contained…
Landing Gear
IN deciding upon the precise form which the landing gear for the Hawk should take, Automotive Products, who were awarded the contract to provide the undercarriage, found it was…
Flying Control Units
AT AN early stage in Hawk design, it was decided that ailerons and tailplane would use hydraulically‐powered flying controls without manual reversion. The flying control control…
Hydraulics
THE Goodyear Antiskid System on the Hawk Aircraft provides indidividual brake control referred to as ‘On‐Off’ control as opposed to adaptive control. ‘On‐Off’ control removes all…
Cabin Conditioning
IN competition with other suppliers Hawker Siddeley Dynamics were chosen to supply a major part of the environmental control equipment for the new Hawk aircraft, specific items…
Cockpit Displays
PENNY & Giles potentiometric transducers specified for the Hawker Siddeley Hawk project will fulfil highly specialised measurement and control functions within the parameters of…
Weapon Aiming System
IN the design of the Hawk/Ground Attack/Trainer aircraft, Hawker Siddeley Aviation had two targets in view (a) to produce a versatile, tough aircraft to a fixed price and (b) to…
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