A project that I spent too much time on: this aircraft is fun, friendly, and won't try to divebomb uncontrollably, making it a "practical choice" for beginners. I'd like to note that due to budget cuts, only the student has a functioning ejection seat. If you're the instructor, well... about this aircraft: The BAE Systems Hawk is a British single-engine, subsonic, jet-powered advanced trainer aircraft. Its aluminum alloy fuselage is of conventional string-frame construction. It was first known as the Hawker Siddeley Hawk, and subsequently produced by its successor companies, British Aerospace and BAE Systems. It has been used in a training capacity and as a low-cost combat aircraft The CT-155 Hawk, formerly the RCAF’s Fighter Lead-in advanced jet training aircraft, is finding new life at the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering, where a fleet of 15 aircraft will soon serve as new maintenance trainers for aircraft technicians-in-training.The Hawks were taken out of flying service in March 2024 following close to 24 years training Canadian, allied and partner nation pilots on the fundamentals of fighter jet tactics. With the aircraft no longer meeting the needs of in-air training for fifth-generation fighters like the RCAF’s future CF-35A, the decision was made to cease in-air training with the jets while options for a more suitable future fighter lead-in trainer are explored. In the meantime, fighter pilots continue to be trained in places like the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas and the Italian Air Force’s International Flight Training School at Decimomannu Air Base, Italy.