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The Beech craft Premier IA features a high-strength composite, carbon fibre/epoxy/honeycomb fuselage, produced by computer-controlled, automated machines, giving the aircraft a medium-jet-sized cabin at light jet costs. The flight deck has Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics designed to ease single-pilot operation.
Carrying four passengers it has a range of 1195 nautical miles flown at an average speed of 403 knots. Powered by two Williams International FJ44-2A engines, MTOW is 5670 kilograms requiring a take off field length of 1156m.
Payload is 658 kilograms and it has a service ceiling of 41000 feet.
Hawker Beech craft Services (HBS) is now taking orders and scheduling wide area augmentation system upgrades on Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 equipped Premier IA aircraft.
The WAAS upgrade offers operational flexibility and cost savings associated with direct and curved area navigation (RNAV) routes. WAAS RNAV offers improved access to special use airspace, high traffic and /or terrain challenged airports.
The HBS WAAS installation offers greater mission success through the use of WAAS-enabled localizer performance with vertical guidance (LPV) approaches.
There are currently more than 2300 LPV approaches certificated and in use today.WAAS LPV approaches provide decision heights as low as 200 feet with one half-mile visibility.
The result is improved safety and cost savings associated with the reduction of missed approaches and flights to alternate airports.
WAAS upgrades for the Premier 1, Hawker 400XP/Beech craft 400A and early model Hawker 800XP aircraft, equipped with Honeywell flight management systems, are currently in process.
Beech craft Premier 11
Still offering the largest cabin and most technologically advanced single-pilot business jet in the world.
Touted by the manufacturer as "the best just got better", the Premier 11 offers advanced aerodynamics, new engines and new elliptical winglets for optimum efficiency enabling it to carry one pilot and four passengers 1500 nautical miles.
Composite structure ensures lightness and strength to make it the most technologically advanced jet in its class.
On the flight deck a Pro Line 21 suite includes flight management system (FMS) with a wide area augmentation system (WAAS) ,auto flight guidance system (AFGS) and integrated flight information system (IFIS).For convenience ,pilots can pre-load flight plans into the FMS using battery power.
Powered by two, FADEC-controlled ,Williams International engines, the aircraft has a top speed of 465 knots .Improvements in the aerodynamics will enable Hawker Beech craft to increase MTOW from the 5670 kilograms of the Premier IA by 590 kilograms resulting in a payload more than 406 kilograms with full fuel.
By August 2009, HBC announced significant progress with the programme with the first successful test flight of the aircrafts new engines on a modified Premier IA and the entry of the first Premier 11 fuselage on the assembly line.
HBC also announced its intentions to adjust the aircrafts entry-into-service date in response to the challenging economic environment .The company went on to say that it would continue to evaluate the best timing for the Premier 11 entry-into-service, but expected this to now occur in late 2012 or early 2013.
Hawker 200
Hawker Beech craft Corporation launched the newest member of it famed Hawker line-up, the Hawker 200,in October 2010.
Evolving from the Premier 11 programme, the Hawker 200 has the same segment leading characteristics and performance, but now the aircraft comes with more capability than ever before.
The Hawker 200 is said to offer the opportunity to fly high and fast, without sacrificing comfort or cost.
Flying at 450 knots and 43000 feet, the Hawker 200 can perform the light jet missions needed 95% of the time, while going faster, higher, farther and offering more comfort with its class-leading cabin diameter, all for a lower operating cost per mile and a lower purchase price.
In addition to its new winglets, new powered Williams International FJ44-3AP engines gross weight increase and a higher ceiling; the Hawker 200 also features a MultiScan weather radar, ADS-B Out capability and high reliability with 400-hour inspection interval and 10-year composite airframe warranty.
With a high strength, state-of-the-art all-composite fuselage, the Hawker 200 is claimed to be the most technologically advanced single-pilot business jet in the world, with a category leading cabin cross section.
Hawker 400XP/XPR
Powered by two P&WC JT15D-5 engines of 2965 lbs thrust each, the Hawker 400XP is claimed to be the fastest business jet of choice in the light-jet market.
Its design includes a gallery, four-place centre-club seating and the largest cabin of any comparable aircraft. Carrying four passengers, it has a range of 1482 nautical miles at an average speed of 395 knots.
An MTOW of 7394 kilograms requires a take off length of just 1191m. Ceiling is 45000 feet.
In December 2010 it was announced that HBC had made the decision to suspend Hawker 400XP production, because of the economic climate.
Closely following the announcement of the Hawker 400XP package at the 2010 NBAA convention in October ,Hawker Beech craft Services (HBS) has acquired the first test aircraft and initiated design engineering on its $2,24-million high performance upgrade for Hawker 400XP/Beech jet 400A aircraft.
The Hawker 400XPR, which is expected to receive certification in 2012, offers greatly improved range and airfield performance, while reducing noise footprint and emissions by replacing the existing Pratt& Whitney JT15D-5 engines with new, more fuel-efficient, Williams International FJ44-4A-32 dual FADEC high-bypass turbofans.
The upgrade also features the addition of Hawker composite winglets and an optional modernized flight deck, with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics.
Hawker 750
This derivative of the established Hawker 88-series light-midsize business jet has the same cabin as the 800-series, but the ventral fuel tank is replaced with a heated baggage compartment.
Two Honeywell TFE-7341-5B engines of 4660 lb thrust each contribute to a maximum speed of 466 knots and arrange of up to 2200 nautical miles. It has a basic operating weight (with two crew at 90 kilograms each) of 7348 kilograms offering a useful load of 4876 kilograms.
Hawker 850XP/XPR
With new winglets and an upgraded Pro Line 21 avionics suite, the Hawker 850XP climbs faster, delivers better performance and goes farther on less fuel than its predecessor.
Typically carrying four passengers up to 2642 nautical miles at an average speed of 391 knots, it is powered by twin Honeywell TFE731-50R engines of 4660 lbs thrust each which can lift an MTOW of 12701 kilograms out of field out of a field length of 1534m.It is certificated to a ceiling of 41000 ft.
The first Hawker 800XPR upgrade continues to progress through key phases in its development programme and at the time of writing was undergoing winglet installation at its facility in Chester, United Kingdom.
Aviation Partners (API) developed a ne blended winglet design for the Hawker 800 Series incorporating its revolutionary new scimitar tip technology. The scimitar tip is a change to the aerodynamic shape of the existing blended winglet that provides an additional0,5% drag reduction over the existing 7,3% at long range cruise.
The Hawker 800 series is the first business jet to receive this new scimitar tip technology .API is currently exploring the feasibility of offering the scimitar tip as an upgrade for existing Hawker 800 series blended winglet customers.
Once the winglets are in place on the first 800XPR aircraft, it was to be flown to the United States where Honeywell TFE-731-50R turbofan engines will be installed prior to flight-testing and certification of the upgrade.
FAA certification is expected in early 2011 with EASA certification to follow.
The Hawker 800XPR offers significant improvements over the performance and capability of the 800XP.In addition; optional avionics, a newly stylized interior and XPR custom paint designs are available.
Hawker 900XP
Featuring enhanced winglets and powerful new Honeywell TFE731-50R engines, the Hawker 900XP offers increased hot/high-altitude takeoff, climb and cruise performance as well as a 6, 9% range increase over the Hawker 850XP.
The 900XP is an evolution of the mid-size Hawker 800-Series .It is part of a strategically planned sequence of upgrades for the Hawker fleet of aircraft.It launched Honeywell's new TFE731-50R engine with improved hot and high altitude performance.
At 5000 feet airport elevation, with ISA+20 Celsius, the engine produces 3970 lbs of thrust, a 4,5% improvement over the 850XPs 3800 lbs of thrust.
Long-range cruise improves to almost 2800 nautical with six passengers.
The Honeywell Aerospace GTCP36-150 auxiliary power unit is standard in the Hawker 900XP.The APU is fully approved for in-flight operation to 30000 feet and provides electrical power and air-conditioning, while the aircraft is on the ground.
Customers now taking delivery of new Hawker 750 and 900XP aircraft can select either Aircell high speed Internet or Aircells SwiftBroadband systems to provide passengers with on-board e-mail and Internet access.
Hawker Beech craft Services(HBS) is now offering automated flight information reporting on fielded Hawker 125 series business jets (900XP,850XP,800XP and 750) through an agreement with Aeromechanical Services ,Ltd.(Which markets products and services under the brand name FLYHT).
The monitoring service, Automated Flight Information Reporting System and supporting infrastructure,UpTime,can help ensure operational readiness by recognizing and transmitting relevant engine and aircraft data that, if left undetected or unaddresses,might otherwise result in an unscheduled maintenance event and impact aircraft availability and dispatch reliability .In addition, Hawker Beech craft is equipping its demonstrator aircraft with the system to allow the company to educate customers in its use.
Hawker 4000
The flagship of the Hawker line, the composite-fuselage Hawker 4000, sets the standard in the super-midsize business jet class of aircraft.
With its supercritical wing, twin Pratt& Whitney Canada PW308A FADEC controlled engines of 6900 lbs thrust each and Honeywell Primus Epic avionics, the Hawker 4000 offers a 3280 nautical miles range and a certificated ceiling of40000 feet. TOW is 17917 kilograms with a maximum payload of 1134 kilograms giving a useful maximum landing weight of 15195 kilograms.
The Honeywell Epic avionics suite features five high-resolution 20 by 25cm LCD displays. It has enhanced situational awareness and flight management systems, backed by real-time system monitoring and status. It comes standard with dual inertial reference system, dual air-cycle machines and auto-throttle that are ideally suited for long-range and trans-continental flights.
HBS has announced two new Wi-Fi broadband solutions for in-service Hawker 4000 and Hawker 800XP aircraft equipped with Honeywell avionics. Both Supplemental Type certificates (STC) feature Air cell ATG 4000 and ATG 5000 equipment that uses global communication towers to deliver the fastest airborne connectivity available today.
