Hawker 400

what is it?

The Hawker 400 (also known as the Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond and Beechjet 400) is a light business jet. Initially designed and produced by the Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, it has been further developed and updated by the American company Beech Aircraft Company, now part of Textron Aviation. Development was launched by Mitsubishi as the MU-300 Diamond during the 1970s as a jet-powered companion to its existing Mitsubishi MU-2.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 13.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 866 km/htop speed
• range 4,000 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 9passengers
• size 7,394 kgmax take-off weight
• built 92made 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 48 years ago, in 1978.
• 🏎️Top speed is 6.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 4,000 km: 22× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.5× 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

1978

introduced

1986

status

still flying

number built

92

role

business jet

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

makers

Beechcraft, Hawker Beechcraft

engines

2× Williams International FJ44-4A-32

crew

2

passengers

9

length

14.8 m

wingspan

13.4 m

height

4.2 m

max take-off weight

7,394 kg

top speed

866 km/h

cruise speed

828 km/h

range

4,000 km

ceiling

13,700 m

ICAO code

BE40

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

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