Sir - In the article "Raytheon's first" (Flight International, 4-10 October, P42), your writer comments that the Premier I is "not a Beech nor a Hawker" and quotes Roy Norris as saying that "...the cabin cross-section is...close to that of a Hawker 800".
The very clear Hawker (or, rather, de Havilland) feature is the "fuselage on top of the wing" configuration. This was chosen way back in the original DH.125 Jet Dragon design to provide the full cabin height which has always been a selling point for the Hawker, and will be for the Premier I.
Credit where credit is due to the de Havilland engineers!
ANTHONY BANHAM
Ex-Hatfield
Simmons
Houston, Texas, USA
Source: Flight International
