BAe P.134 and P.135 aircraft

[hesham]

Hi,


I spoke before about those two designs,the BAe the P.134 was a signals intelligence variant and is capable of collecting communications intelligence and electronic intelligence for airborne analysis or datalink to a ground station for near real-time assessment, or on-board storage for post-flight,analysis. BAe estimates 6.5h endurance at 43,000ft (13,000m) with a
maximum take-off weight of 12,450kg.

The second BAe 125 variant is the P. 135, fitted with an underbelly synthetic-aperture radar,
which could reconnoitre a 48,000km (18,500nm) swath in a 6.5h mission at 43,000ft,
looking through smoke or any meteorological conditions. Using zoom "freeze frame" modes and
digital motion- compensation techniques gives high resolution at long range.

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1991/1991%20-%201761.html

 

[Jos Heyman]

Please read for the P.135 a swath of 48,000 square km, etc. The terminology 'swath' in the original article is a bit misleading and they should have written 'area'.
However, would anybody know of these P numbers fit in the numerical series established by de Havilland? Or was this a separate series.

 

[hesham]

My dear Jos,


first,my computer can't write 2 for assign to square,sorry for that,and for De Havilland
series,which was taken over by BAC and later BAe,the P.134 and P.135 was for EE or
English Electric which also was taken over by BAC later BAe.


For HS.134,please see;
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,17554.msg27678.html#msg27678


and HS.135,please see;
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%202951.html

 

[Jos Heyman]

Thanks for that.

 

[Mike Pryce]

South Korea later bought Hawker 125-800s fitted for Sigint and SAR (4 of each), called the RC-800:

 

[hesham]

Thank you Harrier.