South African-built Hawk has first flight, Denel says
South Africa's first locally assembled Hawk Mk.120 trainer aircraft had a successful first flight last week, according to Denel Aviation, which assembled the fighter under contract to Hawk builder BAE Systems. The aircraft took off from Johannesburg International Airport on an 80-minute flight...
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