Hawker Beechcraft Premier 1A: Midsize Cabin On Light-Jet Airframe

In the mid-1990s, Raytheon Aircraft’s Roy Norris was fond of saying the $5 million composite fuselage RA 390 Premier light jet would have a cabin cross section “embarrassingly close” to that of an $8 million midsize aircraft. Indeed, headroom is only 3 in. less that of Citation Excel and the cabin...
Fred George

Fred formerly was senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and Aviation Week's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades.

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