NJA Hawker 800xp question

[JimNtexas]

That wheel brake handle is really something! Does Hawker also make locomotives?

 

[Mike Jenvey]

If you get the chance, go & do the factory tour at ICT - you will see that the Hawker is built like a brick out-house! The wing skins are machined from single pieces of metal rather than several bits rivetted together!

Airframe strength probably helped out in the NJA Hawker 800XP mid-air with a glider last year (glider pilot had probably turned transponder off to save the battery!); the result was spectacular!

Pics here.

I think it was single engine, unreliable instruments, wheels-up landing - & the skid on the Hawker is in the maintenance manual as the standby landing system!!

 

[IronManNDFW]

Don't worry Jack, you'll love the XP. It's no Regional jet though, sorry.

You'll have to brush up on your Customer Service skills. There is nothing in the world like getting your a$$ chewed out for something someone else did at the CO, but "you are the company representative!"

You will love the flying, and the different people you fly with.

Thank God you have a contract.

Welcome to our world!