1981 BAe ASTRA Hawk T1 Military Aircraft For Sale

1st of 3x hawks T1 delivered from manufacturer specifically ordered for ETPS. Likely to be the lowest hours/FI Hawk T1 Fuselage in private hands.

Type:
Airplane (Military)
Manufacturer:
BAe
Model:
ASTRA Hawk T1
Year:
1981
Serial Number:
190/312165
Reg. Number:
XX341
Total Time:
2,871 Hours
Seats:
2
Price:
Price Upon Request

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1981
Total Time:
2871
Registration Number:
XX341
Serial Number:
190/312165
Seats:
2
Contact Name:
Chris Wilson
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Description

XX341 is a one-of-a-kind aircraft known as the Advanced Stability Training & Research Aircraft, ASTRA Hawk for short. XX341 was one of 3 BAe Hawk T1 aircraft ordered for the Empire Test Pilot School in 1981. This example was the 1st Hawk delivered to the school. 3 years later the aircraft was chosen to be radically modified to become the ASTRA Hawk. Since 1981 the aircraft had been operated by the Empire Test Pilots’ School, a British training school for test pilots currently operating at MoD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire, England. The aircraft was originally operated by the Defence Evaluation & Research Agency (DERA) which later became known as QinetiQ in 2001.

History
May 1981: Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ministry of Defence with s/n XX341
1982: Transferred to MoD (PE), Empire Test Pilots School, RAE Boscombe Down.
1986: Converted at Cranfield to a Hawk T.1 ASTRA. Advanced Stability Training Aircraft
1987: Transferred to MoD (PE), Institute of Technology, Cranfield
July 1988: Transferred to Empire Test Pilots School, RAE Boscombe Down.
July 1988: Markings Applied: Empire Test Pilots School, 1
2001: Taken on Strength/Charge with the QinetiQ with s/n XX341, transferred to ETPS, Boscombe Down, markings Applied: Empire Test Pilots School, ASTRA, 1
2006: Colour scheme was changed from red, white & blue (raspberry ripple) livery to the current black livery
Airframe hours: 2871
Number of landings: 4631
Fuselage FI: 13.891

XX341 is available as an externally complete static display/museum exhibit. The aircraft has been heavily internally spares recovered by her previous owner & as such would make an ideal candidate for pole mounting as a gate guard or for suspension from a ceiling as weight is at a minimum. Having only just arrived in stock, only recently retired & never kept outside this aircraft is in very clean & tidy external condition. Our vision for this aircraft is to restore her to her red, white & blue (raspberry ripple) livery along with Empire Test Pilot School markings as per the in-service photos in our gallery above.