HondaJet a reality

Wow, MSNBC is reporting a report that says Honda is going ahead with
the jet later this year:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14025528/



Honda Motor plans to build aircraft
Report: Automaker seeks to enter business-jet market

TOKYO - 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 Tokyo-based company will start taking orders later this year, Kyodo
News agency reported without elaborating. Kyodo did not identify how it
obtained the information.

Honda officials in Tokyo were not immediately available for comment.

The Wall Street Journal, meanwhile, reported Tuesday that Honda would
soon announce plans to crack America's small business jet market.

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.

wrote:
Wow, MSNBC is reporting a report that says Honda is going ahead with
the jet later this year:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14025528/

If that's accurate it shouldn't really surprise anybody. Considering
the cost of designing and building a jet (and engines to boot) can
anyone imagine Honda going through all the trouble and *not* put the
HondaJet into production? The big question is how will it stack up
against the competition? The major players in the VLJ game have a huge
lead in development with Eclipse & Cessna's jets' certification
imminent. There's only room in the new & unproven segment for X players
(so says conventional wisdom). Then again, who know just how far along
Honda is with their plans. Cagey lot, those Japanese...

On 25 Jul 2006 10:57:27 -0700, wrote in
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Wow, MSNBC is reporting a report that says Honda is going ahead with
the jet later this year:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14025528/


The information below was contained in e-mail from Honda:


"- - - - - Honda Corporate News - - - - -


1) Honda to Begin Sales of Very Light Jet "HondaJet"

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin, USA, July 25, 2006 - Honda announced plans to
enter the innovative HondaJet in the growing verylight jet market,
with the process of accepting sales orders expected to begin in
the U.S. in fall 2006.

Full Story:
http://world.honda.com/news/2006/c060725HondaJet/

HondaJet Photos (22 photos):
http://world.honda.com/news/2006/c06.../pages/01.html



- - - - - HondaJet at Oshkosh Special Report - - - - -


1) Honda at Oshkosh Photo Report (50 photos)

http://world.honda.com/HondaJet/2006.../pages/01.html

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin, USA, July 25, 2006 - Don't miss our special
Photo Report bringing you all the excitement from the world's
largest annual aviation gathering.

Stay tuned also for our special Video Reports covering the HondaJet
announcement, exciting coverage of the HondaJet, and Honda at Oshkosh,
coming to you as soon as we edit them."