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{{short description|Freighter aircraft}}

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|name=GafHawk
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}}{{Infobox Aircraft Type
|type=Freighter
|national origin=United States
|manufacturer=[[Hawk International]]
|designer=
|first flight=19 August 1982
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The '''Hawk GafHawk''' ("General Aviation Freighter") was a small, turboprop-powered freighter aircraft developed in the United States in the 1980s but which only flew in prototype form. It was designed by [[Hawk International]] as a means of transporting drilling equipment in and out of remote locations, and was designed to be simple, rugged, and have good STOL and rough-field performance. The resulting design was a boxy aircraft with a rectangular-section fuselage with a high-set tail and rear loading ramp. The high aspect-ratio wings were high-set and braced with struts. The landing gear was fixed and of tricycle configuration, with the main units having dual wheels.

Certification proved elusive, however, and Hawk eventually abandoned the project without building any other examples.



==Variants==
* '''GafHawk 125''' - prototype and intended production version (1 built)
* '''GafHawk 950''' - enlarged version (not built)
* '''TurboHawk 85''' - twin-engine version (not built)


==Specifications==
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988–89<ref name="jawa88p402">{{harvnb|Taylor|1988|p=402}}</ref>
|prime units? = imp
|crew=Two pilots
|length m=
|length ft=46
|length in=11
|span m=
|span ft=71
|span in=6
|height m=
|height ft=18
|height in=0
|wing area sqm=
|wing area sqft=493
|aspect ratio=10.4:1
|airfoil=
|empty weight kg=
|empty weight lb=6800
|gross weight kg=
|gross weight lb=14500
|fuel capacity={{convert|360|USgal|impgal L|0|abbr=on}}
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=[[Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A]]-65B/R
|eng1 kw=
|eng1 hp=1173
|cruise speed kmh=
|cruise speed mph=138
|cruise speed note=at {{convert|10000|ft|m|-1|abbr=on}} (max cruise); {{convert|127|mph|kn km/h|abbr=on}} (econ cruise: 55% power)
|stall speed mph=54
|stall speed note=(flaps down, power off)
|range km=
|range miles=824
|range note=with maximum fuel
|ceiling m=
|ceiling ft=18000
|climb rate ms=
|climb rate ftmin=920
|climb rate note=at sea level
|more performance=*'''Take-off run to 50 ft (15 m):''' {{convert|1660|ft|m|abbr=on}}
*'''Landing run from 50 ft (15 m):''' {{convert|1430|ft|m|abbr=on}}
}}


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|see also=
|related=
|similar aircraft=
|lists=
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=928 |isbn= 0-7106-0710-5 }}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=John W. R. |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1987-88 |year=1987 |publisher=Jane's Yearbooks |location=London |pages=[https://archive.org/details/janesallworldsai0000unse/page/434 434–35] |isbn=0-7106-0850-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/janesallworldsai0000unse/page/434 }}
*{{cite book |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=John W. R. |editor-link=John W. R. Taylor |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988–89 |year=1988 |location=Coulsdon, UK |publisher=Jane's Defence Data |isbn=0-7106-0867-5}}
* {{cite magazine |title=GAFHawk Nears Completion |magazine=[[Flight International]] |date=9 January 1982 |pages=56 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%200056.html?search=gafhawk%20125 |accessdate=2008-05-04}}

==External links==
*[http://www.oldwings.nl/content/gafhawk/gafhawk.htm Exhaustive information and documentation about the GAFHawk project, with many photos.]
*[https://www.airhistory.net/photo/11/N101GH Photo of the surviving prototype at AirHistory.net]

[[Category:1980s United States cargo aircraft]]
[[Category:High-wing aircraft]]
[[Category:Single-engined turboprop aircraft]]
[[Category:Aircraft first flown in 1982]]

Hawk GAFHawk - Revision history

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