HondaJet is scheduled to arrive in Austin today. Deliveries of the new private jet are now under way. A ceremony honoring the first HondaJet delivery of the executive light jet was held at Honda Aircrafts world headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina last December. This followed HondaJet receiving its official type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration. The company states that the HondaJet’s performance is the most efficient in its class. This is due to the planes revolutionary design, with the engines being mounted above the natural laminar flow wings and fuselage. The majority of the aircraft is built with lightweight composite materials instead of aluminum.
HondaJet teams with GE
The Honda aircraft build team joined forces with General Electric to make the HondaJet engines. Each engine is capable of producing a little over 2,000 pounds of thrust per foot. The aircrafts size is around 43 feet long (13 meters), with the wingspan coming in around 40 feet (12 meters), and a height of around 15 feet (4.50 meters). The interior cabin can be configured with up to seat up to six seats. The cabins structure of a honeycomb sandwich combination results in more cabin space, better performance, and greater fuel efficiency according to the HondaJet team. The aircraft is being manufactured at the Honda Aviation Headquarters facility in North Carolina. Honda is planning to focus its sales effort on the lower end of the light jet market in North America, South America and Europe. Honda has setup a dealer network in the target area, and pilot training and certification are currently underway at its headquarters facility. The $4.5 million aircraft has been referred to as the high performance sports car of the sky.
A CNBC story on the HondaJet’s development and launch can be viewed at the link posted below.
