Hawker / Hawker Beechcraft
de Havilland DH.125 / Hawker Siddeley HS.125 lineage
The DH.125 and HS.125 names cover the origins of the long-running Hawker business-jet family. The design combined a pressurized executive cabin with rear-mounted engines and a swept wing, establishing a platform that developed through successive improvements in cabin capacity, range and propulsion.
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Aircraft profile
Development and lineage
- Manufacturer
- Hawker / Hawker Beechcraft
- Family
- de Havilland DH.125
- Aircraft category
- Business Jet
- Propulsion
- Jet
Aliases and related designations
Hawker Siddeley HS.125 lineage
Aircraft data
Key specifications
- Program origin
- de Havilland DH.125 / Jet Dragon
- First flight
- 13 August 1962
- Configuration
- Pressurized twin-engine business jet
- Lineage
- Hawker Siddeley 125; British Aerospace 125; later Hawker developments
Overview
Program history
The original Jet Dragon concept was intended to succeed the de Havilland Dove in business transport. Its first flight in 1962 began a program that passed through Hawker Siddeley, British Aerospace and later American ownership. This lineage entry describes the family’s origin; individual variants have different engines, weights and certified performance.