British Aerospace 125

what is it?

The British Aerospace 125 is a twinjet mid-size business jet. Originally developed by de Havilland and initially designated as the DH.125 Jet Dragon, it entered production as the Hawker Siddeley HS.125, which was the designation used until 1977 when Hawker Siddeley was merged into British Aerospace. Later variants of the type were marketed as the Hawker 800 and Hawker 1000.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 14.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 841 km/hcruise speed
• range 3,056 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 14passengers
• size 11.3 tmax take-off weight
• built 1,720made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 64 years ago, in 1962.
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.3 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 3,056 km: 17× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1962-08-13

status

still flying

number built

1,720

role

mid-size business jet

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

Raytheon, British Aerospace, Hawker Beechcraft, Hawker Siddeley

engines

2× Rolls-Royce Viper 601-22

crew

2

passengers

14

length

15.4 m

wingspan

14.3 m

height

5.3 m

max take-off weight

11.3 t

top speed

—

cruise speed

841 km/h

range

3,056 km

ceiling

12,497 m

wings

monoplane

ICAO code

H25B, H25C

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.