BAE Hawk XX154 ETPS
<p>British Aerospace Hawk T.1 XX154, Pre-production aircraft, Empire Test Pilots School, Boscombe Down,<br>Wiltshire, August 2019 – Aircraft now with the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection at Old Sarum<br>Without doubt one of the most historic British jet aircraft of the post war era, British Aerospace Hawk T.1 XX154 is the first prototype airframe of an aircraft<br>type which would go on to be hugely important to the British military, whilst at the same time becoming a stunning export success for the British aviation industry.<br>Making her first flight from Dunsfold airfield on 21st August 1974, XX154 would spend her entire service life as a test and development aircraft, helping to ensure<br>that this magnificent training aeroplane reached its full potential – with over 1000 aircraft built to date, she certainly excelled in this task. Spending time with<br>such famous units as the Royal Aircraft Establishment and the Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment, XX154 would spend the final 20 years of<br>her service life with the Empire Test Pilots’ School at Boscombe Down and after undergoing her last major service, she was given this smart black colour scheme,<br>in recognition of her service. Also wearing a representation of the ETPS crest on either side of her tail, a gold coloured eagle, XX154 would end her flying days<br>as one of Britain’s most attractive military aircraft. When this very special aeroplane made her final flight in December 2018, she had clocked up an impressive<br>6000 flying hours, the limit imposed for original Hawk airframes. This hard working aircraft was making a valuable contribution to the British Military</p>
