What do I need to fly old military jets?

[BigGingerBob]

I'm going to with the Euro millions tonight and I've seen that you can get a fully working Hawk for about 2 million.

So that I can live my one man Red Arrows dream, does anyone know what I would need to be able to fly this plane?

I'm going to ignore the news article I saw yesterday that said the RAF were running low on spares for these planes.

After I've gained my PPL, what else do I need?

[48k]

BigGingerBob said:

I'm going to with the Euro millions tonight and I've seen that you can get a fully working Hawk for about 2 million.

So that I can live my one man Red Arrows dream, does anyone know what I would need to be able to fly this plane?

I'm going to ignore the news article I saw yesterday that said the RAF were running low on spares for these planes.

After I've gained my PPL, what else do I need?

You need to get a type rating on the Hawk as the PPL is just for piston engine singles. Then you need some crew to maintain it and a hangar to store it in.

[BigGingerBob]

Cool, so would that be specific to the Hawk or for single engined jets in general?

[768]

I don't think you'd need a PPL, you would need to start with finding a country which would let a civilian fly it.

[thegreenhell]

Lots of paperwork.

https://www.caa.co.uk/general-aviation/aircraft-ow...

[hidetheelephants]

Hawk is probably achievable in the UK but would be extremely expensive, a cheaper alternative you might consider would be an L39. It would be a lot easier and cheaper doing either somewhere with a much more permissive regulatory system, like the USA etc.

[eharding]

768 said:

I don't think you'd need a PPL, you would need to start with finding a country which would let a civilian fly it.

This. Even before the events of 2015 I don't think the CAA were minded to let the Hawk be flown on a CAA Permit, due to a perceived lack of redundancy in the hydraulic systems (from memory).

[Simpo Two]

It begs the question of what the Reds will do as the Hawks run out. Down to six or start with something else?

[hidetheelephants]

Formation flying of drones with smoke emitters.

[Hill92]

Simpo Two said:

It begs the question of what the Reds will do as the Hawks run out. Down to six or start with something else?

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/18/red-arrows-hawk-t1-future/