De Havilland DH.125 / Hawker Siddeley HS.125 / BAe 125

1962

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De Havilland DH.125 / Hawker Siddeley HS.125 / BAe 125

In 1961, de Havilland began working on a revolutionary small business jet known as DH.125 Jet Dragon. The first of two prototypes flew on 13 August 1962 with Rolls-Royce Viper 20 engines producing 1350kg of thrust each. The first production aircraft had a 0.9m greater wingspan and 1.2m longer fuselage as well as Viper 520 engines.

The aircraft went through many designation changes during its service life. Originally DH.125, it was renamed to HS.125 when de Havilland became a part of the Hawker-Siddeley group. When Hawker-Siddeley itself merged into British Aerospace in 1977, the name was changed to BAe 125. Then, when British Aerospace sold its Business Jets Division to Raytheon in 1993, the jet acquired its current monicker Raytheon Hawker. In 1996, production was transferred to United States.

Over 1,000 aircraft have been built.

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De Havilland DH.125 / Hawker Siddeley HS.125 / BAe 125A three-view drawing (800 x 533)

Specification 
 CREW1
 PASSENGERS6-8
 ENGINE2 x BS "Viper 521", 13.9kN
 WEIGHTS
  Take-off weight9300 kg20503 lb
  Empty weight5900 kg13007 lb
 DIMENSIONS
  Wingspan14.3 m47 ft 11 in
  Length14.6 m48 ft 11 in
  Height5.0 m16 ft 5 in
  Wing area32.8 m2353.06 sq ft
 PERFORMANCE
  Cruise speed757 km/h470 mph
  Range w/max.fuel2780 km1727 miles
  Range w/max payload2500 km1553 miles

De Havilland DH.125 / Hawker Siddeley HS.125 / BAe 125

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Chris Anderson, e-mail, 26.01.2024 13:01

My brother recently purchased a decommissioned 72 HS 125-400A originally British Airways /Hawker Siddelley. We have been crawling around the innards trying to locate the battery compartment. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to find manuals or imagery of its location?

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G. Horn, e-mail, 07.08.2023 20:40

I flew, trained others, and supervised mx on every variant of this aircraft… One of my very FAvorites! Especially fond of the Viper-powered airframes…but ALL of them Sturdy, sweet-handling, predictable. A close friendship with HS Tech-Rep Maurice Helmore was a highlight of association with this airplane. Saddened by its’ end-of-production.

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Ayman, e-mail, 16.10.2021 08:41

We are looking for HS-748 INSTRUCTOR PILOT
short term contract to train 2 Captains / 2 Copilots .

Location: South Asia

Very competitive package.

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D F Irvine, e-mail, 27.12.2016 02:09

As an ex-employee of de Havilland, I would suggest that there needs to be severe pruning of the entries here as quite clearly they have nothing to do with the DH 125 !

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Sven, 07.09.2016 11:42

The Rolls Royce of biz-jets for many years.One of the first

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brookesheley, e-mail, 11.08.2016 18:33

I contracted GHSV2 in2006 and up until 2009 only had 4-6 OBs a year. But since the beginning of 2009 was experiencing more frequent OBs at least once a month! I thought the general rule was that OBs become LESS frequent with time and not MORE! It just got to the point where I couldn't handle it anymore. I went online and found your site pretty quickly. It didn't take long between the time I whipped out my CC to the time I started putting your method to work. It is the best decision I ever made. I went from having OBs every couple weeks at worst, to not having an outbreak for 3 months now. I know this isn't just a coincidence and your method is responsible for giving me my life back thank you so much Doctor Emuan..Dremuansolution@gmail.com

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Sven, 24.06.2016 11:38

RIP the british aircraft industry. June 24 2016 the day it died.

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Jonts, e-mail, 14.06.2016 17:14

I recall when this was the RAF's exec /VIP taxi of choice. a great little workhorse.
Please can admin do something about the spam on the pages?

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plane talk, e-mail, 08.04.2016 20:07

What the hell is this C**p on here? Lost lover's,husband and brain. Pea brains.
Sven great plane,really.

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sven, 11.03.2016 01:05

Hertfordshire was an aeroplane heaven in the 60s.Hatfield. Radlet and Leavsden. Put on a show every day.Victors Heralds Tridents 125s Herons Doves Hastings even the Mosquito and Spitfire put in an appearance occasionally

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Sven, 29.07.2015 01:09

Good aeroplane and the first of its kind. Someone please contradict me and save this site from the mumbojumbos.

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scott, e-mail, 27.11.2014 07:12

Too bad this got hijacked by the woo-woo's the DH125 was and is a very well respected airplane as are it's descendents. Later versions are still in demand /

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dave, 25.03.2014 06:37

Mike (14 /3 /14) - are you ex BAe Chester?

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Barry morse, e-mail, 02.05.2023 dave

I served my time as an apprentice 1961 to 1966 working on allsorts detail work equipping and final assembly then I went on to be an inspector on the 125 wings and track and equipping left in 1988 to go contracting now retired and also worked in 2 site on repair and overall made some good friends from guys of my year that training we received put us in good stead for years to come cheers bazza now the silver fox

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Mike, 14.03.2014 20:32

Myself and others built the tail plane, main fin, rudder and Over fin for this aircraft . I miss building those parts, I learnt a lot from this aircraft ;).

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Ray Smith, e-mail, 21.12.2011 05:15

I flew this basic model back in 1967-1970 for Anglo American Corp. (Mines Air Services) in Zambia. A very easy aircraft to fly. I met John Cunningham at Luton UK on a trip there in 1969 while flying this aircraft.

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james thomas, e-mail, 24.09.2011 08:50

I have crew manuals for this plane I am selling. They are for series 1a-522 and 1a /s-522; volume 1 and volume 2. If you are interested or have any questions I can be reached by email @ flylo4u@yahoo.com. I also have an eBay store flylo4us collectables

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dafag, 20.06.2011 13:17

I have already six month experience on this engine. sir if you mind i want to work in your industry as a maintenance engineer. please give me a chance to work on. i am also thanksful for this kind act..

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M. E. Huston, e-mail, 02.02.2011 00:34

I flew the F400, 600, 700, and 800 during my career. there was another designation, BH125-400. These aircraft were brought to the US in "green" configuration, and completed by Beech. Our first F400 actually had a Beechcraft placard! The "real" first Beechjet! Great airplanes. The 800 was truly a magnificent flying machine.

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larry, e-mail, 24.09.2010 03:53

i would like to know what happened to serial number 235051, i flew this airplane from 1968 to 1971. please e-mail me about this aircraft. .

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larry, e-mail, 24.09.2010 03:50

i would like to know to serial number 235051 dh125, i flew this airplane from 1968 to 1971. i can't find its history.

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