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Technical Data

UNOFFICIAL NAMES/SLANG:	N/A
FUNCTION:	JET TRAINER
DATE DEPLOYED:	1991
PRIME CONTRACTOR:	BOEING
UNIT COST:	$17,200,000
LENGTH:	39' - 4"
WINGSPAN:	30' - 10"
HEIGHT:	13' - 6"
SPEED:	645 MPH
WEIGHT (MAX. TAKE-OFF):	13,500 LBS (6,075 KG)
ARMAMENT:	NONE
MAX. NORMAL ALTITUDE:	42,500 FT
RANGE:	805 MI
ENGINES:	1 ROLLS ROYCE F405-RR-401 TURBOFAN @ 5,527 LBS MAX. THRUST
CREW:	2

TRAINER PLANES

T-1 Jayhawk

T-2 Buckeye

T-3 Firefly

T-6 Texan

T-34 Turbo Mentor

T-37 Tweet

T-38 Talon

T-41 Mescalero

T-43 Boeing 737

T-44 Pegasus

T-45 Goshawk

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T-45 GOSHAWK

Description:

The T-45A Goshawk is a tandem-seat, carrier capable, jet trainer whose mission is to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots.

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 has replaced 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.