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Description: The T-45A Goshawk is a tandem-seat, carrier capable, jet trainer.
Mission: Train Navy 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 pilot training program for jet carrier aviation and tactical strike missions. The T-45A 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.
General Characteristics
Primary Function: Training platform for Navy pilots.
Contractor: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Unit Cost: $16.3 million
Propulsion: Rolls Royce F405-RR-401 turbofan engine with 5,527 pounds (2,512 kg) thrust
Wingspan: 30 feet 10 inches (9.39 meters)
Length: 39 feet 4 inches (11.98 meters)
Height: 13 feet 6 inches (4.11 meters)
Weight: Take-off maximum gross, 13,500 pounds (6,075 kg); empty 9,394 pounds (4,261 kg)
Speed: 645 miles per hour (1038 km per hour)
Ceiling: 42,500 feet
Range: 700 nautical miles (805 statute miles, 1288 km)
Armament: None.
Crew: Two (instructor pilot, student pilot)
Date Deployed:First flight, December 1988; Operational, 1991
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