The Hawker 800 was similar to most modern airframes in requiring sub-assemblies to be constructed away from the final point of manufacture. The Hawker 900XP, using new Honeywell TFE731-50BR engines for increased rangeĪfter the 2013 bankruptcy of Hawker Beechcraft, the surviving company, Beechcraft, discontinued its business jet range, including the 800 series, although the designs are still supported for parts.īy 2018, a 1980s-era 700s was priced for less than $500,000, a 1995 800A at $1.02 million and a 2012 900XP at $6 million.The Hawker 750, in which the ventral fuel tank is replaced by an externally accessed baggage pannier, which reduces range slightly.Two new variants were announced in October 2006 for future deliveries: The Hawker 850XP essentially fills the gap left behind by the Hawker 1000 when production of that aircraft ceased. This version also incorporates upgraded avionics and a redesigned interior. The 850XP is identical to the 800XP except that it includes winglets, which have extended its operating range by 100 nautical miles (190 km).
The last version was the Hawker 850XP, which was certified for operation in March 2006. In March 2007, Raytheon divested its aircraft manufacturing business to Hawker Beechcraft Corp., a company formed and controlled by GS Capital Partners and Onex Partners of Canada. The new entity being known as Raytheon Aircraft. In 1994 Raytheon (which bought Beech Aircraft Corporation in 1980) acquired Corporate Jets. In a little over five years, British Aerospace were registering the 200th sale of the 800 series. From the first BAe 125 flight in August 1961 it took nineteen years until the 500th airframe was sold. The 125-800 series would become a sales success. This helped to reduce drag and improve aerodynamic efficiency. British Aerospace also improved the wing by incorporating new outer wing sections. Accompanying this are a modified rear fuselage fairing, as well as a glass cockpit and uprated (from 3,700 to 4,300 lb thrust) Garrett TFE731-5R-1H engines. The BAe 125-800 series has a number of modifications and changes over the 700, the most noticeable being the redesigned cockpit windscreen. By May 1983 the new aircraft was ready for its first test flight. In April 1981, the British Aerospace board sanctioned the programme to improve the British Aerospace 125-700 series.
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