Any place for these in the New US Airways?
July 25, 2006 — Honda Motor Co. announced plans Tuesday to start accepting sales orders this fall for the small jet it debuted last year.
"Aviation has been an important dream of Honda for more than four decades," Satoshi Toshida, Honda's senior managing director, said in a statement announcing the move at the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture 2006 convention in Oshkosh.
"Our goal is consistent with the philosophy of other Honda products — to provide convenient and efficient transportation that will make people's lives better."
Honda said HondaJet's patented over-the-wing engine-mount configuration helps eliminate the need for a structure to mount the engines to the rear fuselage, maximizing space in the fuselage for passengers and luggage. It said the over-the-wing mount also reduces drag at high speed to improve fuel efficiency.
Honda said its prototype six-to-seven seat HondaJet has completed more than 240 hours of flight-testing since December 2003, achieving an altitude of 43,000 feet and a speed of 412 knots.
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