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[[color=#333333]was to roll & pull buffet to reduce speed, rather than use airbrake to slow, if we were at high ish (> 0.85) mach/QUOTE]
And there in a nutshell is the point at which the seemingly continual tailplane replacement programme across the T1 fleet was born.
There has only been one Tailplane replacement program on the Hawk, starting in the late 90's. Nothing to do with airframe buffet alone, the combination of pulling the stick while at moderate "g". The new ones are really robust.