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T-45 Goshawk
Specifications |
Achievements |
Features |
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| T-45 Goshawk Specifications |
| Primary Function: |
Training platform for Navy/Marine Corps pilots |
| Contractor: |
Boeing [McDonnell Douglas] (prime) |
| Crew: |
Two, student and instructor |
| Unit Cost: |
$17.2 million |
| Powerplant |
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Rolls Royce F405-RR-401 turbofan engine with 5,527 pounds (2,512 kg) thrust |
| Dimensions |
| Length: |
38 feet 9 inches |
| Wingspan: |
30 feet 8 inches |
| Height: |
13 feet 1 inch |
| Weights |
| Empty: |
9,394 pounds (4,261 kg) |
| Maximum Takeoff: |
13,000 pounds (5,897 kg) -- grossweight |
| Performance |
| Speed: |
645 miles per hour (1038 km per hour) |
| Ceiling: |
42,500 feet |
| Range: |
700 nautical miles (805 statute miles, 1288 km) |
| Armament |
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N/A |
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| T-45 Goshawk Achievements |
- The T-45 was based on the British Aerospace Hawk, one of the few instances the US military has ordered a foreign aircraft.
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| T-45 Goshawk Features |
The T-45A aircraft, the Navy version of the British Aerospace Hawk aircraft, is used for intermediate and advanced portions of
the Navy/Marine Corps pilot training program for jet carrier aviation and tactical strike missions. The T-45A will replace the T-2 Buckeye
trainer and the TA-4 trainer with an integrated training system that includes the T-45A Goshawk aircraft, operations and instrument fighter
simulators, academics, and training integration system. There are two versions of T-45 aircraft currently in operational use at this time,
the T-45A and T-45C derivatives. The T-45A, which became operational in 1991, contains an analog design cockpit while the new T-45C
(began delivery in December 1997) is built around a new digital \"glass cockpit\" design.
Source: http://www.chinfo.navy.mil
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