{"id":907,"date":"2019-12-03T23:32:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T23:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=907"},"modified":"2022-11-08T05:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T12:00:29","slug":"dassault-hu-25a","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/dassault-hu-25a\/","title":{"rendered":"Dassault HU-25A"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Dassalt HU-25A Guardian<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dassault-HU-25A_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dassault-HU-25A_2.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the Dassault HU-25A Guardian; second of the two at Pima Air and Space Museum\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The HU-25A Guardian is a version of the Dassault Falcon 20 executive jet.\u00a0 The Falcon 20 originated as the Dassault-Breguet Mystere 20 in 1961.\u00a0 First flown in 1963 the Mystere 20 was an 8-seat executive passenger plane intended for long range business travel.\u00a0 Many were sold in the United States as the Falcon 20 with American made General Electric CF700 engines.\u00a0 In 1982 the United States Coast Guard adopted a modified version of the aircraft designated the HU-25A Guardian for use as a high-speed search aircraft.\u00a0 The only pure jet powered aircraft to ever serve in the Coast Guard the Guardian was used to search for accident survivors at sea and for anti-drug patrols.\u00a0 The aircraft were modified with a large viewing window in the right-hand side of the cabin.\u00a0 The Guardian served in the Coast Guard until 2014 when the last of them were retired.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>53 ft 6 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Wingspan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>56 ft 3 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>17 ft 7 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Height<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>32,000 lbs (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. 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