Navalised aircraft

A navalised aircraft typically differs from its land-based equivalent by: For safety reasons, the aviation fuel provided by ships may be different (e.g. AVCAT) from that provided by airfields and tanker aircraft.

[1] The T-45 Goshawk is a navalised version of the BAE Hawk jet trainer.

Differences from the Hawk include changes to the undercarriage for aircraft carrier compatibility and a strengthened airframe.

[2] A proposed navalised version of the Alpha Jet would have had similar design modifications.

[3] Other examples of navalised variants of land-based aircraft include:

Westland Scout and Wasp silhouettes