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• The aircraft has excellent flying characteristics
with good stability and response to controls about all three
axes
• The aircraft is cleared for a wide range of aerobatic
manoeuvres and exhibits very good resistance to departure even
outside the normal flight envelope
• At incidences up to the stall, the aircraft is stable about
all axes for all flap configurations
• Recovery from any stall is immediate on moving the control
column forward
• The Hawk Mk.132 wing has a moderate amount of fixed droop to
the leading edge to aid sustained turn performance in the
speed range 0.4 to 0.7 M
• The aircraft is spin-resistant, but is cleared for
deliberate upright spinning in the basic aircraft
configuration with or without the gunpod
• The aircraft is currently cleared for take-off and landing
with a crosswind component of 30 knots (55 km/hr)
• For solo flying the front cockpit is used
• The aircraft has an inverted flight (negative g) capability
of 30 secs
• The aircraft may be flown at night, either dual or solo,
without any additional flight limitations
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