Hawk - The Hawk and other existing designs are out of the T-X competition for the new USAF trainer because they cannot meet the 6.5 sustained g key performance parameter. This means that only a newer design can win. That’s another market, like business jets, that BAe has thrown away by not developing a Hawk successor.

Hunter - TMk7 WV372 crashed just outside Shoreham Airport on the A27 road when being flown in the Shoreham Airshow on 22nd August. It hit the ground at the bottom of a loop killing eleven people. The pilot survived.

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Gnat - TMk1 XP514 (painted to represent Red Arrow XS111) crashed at Oulton Park when being flown in a Carfest North event. The pilot was killed.

Sopwith - A replica Snipe built by The Vintage Aviator Ltd of New Zealand flew for the first time in the UK in July from Old Warden. It will be operated by the World War One Aviation Heritage Trust from Stow Maries.