If you think Hondas aren’t fast enough — get one of these!
Honda Motor Co. will enter the aircraft
production and sales business, published reports said Tuesday, amid expectations
the automaker will soon sell small jets its CEO has previously called the
“Honda Civic of the sky.”
Honda Motor Co. will enter the aircraft production and sales business, published reports said Tuesday, amid expectations the automaker will soon sell small jets its CEO has previously called the “Honda Civic of the sky.”
The automaker successfully tested the four- to five-passenger twin-engine Honda Jet, equipped with Honda-designed engines called HF118, in December 2003.
Honda conducted its first public demonstration flight of the jet at a 2005 air show in Oshkosh, Wis.
The company has said the plane, which chief executive Takeo Fukui has referred to as the “Honda Civic of the sky,” is designed to be more fuel efficient than conventional small jets and could fly 1,100 miles before needing to refuel.
Although they probably won’t be built in the US, Honda has an alliance with New Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach.
Posted: Tue - July 25, 2006 at 11:00 AM