Hawker Siddeley HS.125-700A
N926MC
(c/n NA-0214)
Originally designed by the now defunct de
Havilland Aircraft Company, the HS-125 (and
now
produced by Raytheon) represents the longest running corporate jet
production pro-
gram of any similar type. The first D.H.125 flew on 13 August
1962 and the type has been
in more
or less contnuous production ever since, albeit under different
corporate entities.
This nice shot
by Maras Barooah of a 1978 Model 700A on short finals into San Jose's
Norman Y.
Mineta International Airport in 2003 shows well the underbelly fuel
tank pro-
viding longer range than the earlier variants.