Beagle... are you referring to the Gnat?
I found the Hawk quite a handful - especially when asked to fly a loop, and pulled up way too hard, loading us up with a large amount of G which got me a bollocking from the front seat... not realising that the wing loading on the Hawk was a lot less than the Macchi...
Having said that, there is almost nothing like looking back over the top of an ejection seat and seeing the ground rolling over underneath you... bloody amazing - will remember it for the rest of my life.