HondaJets: first public debut today at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh 2013.
With this first public bath, Honda wanted to impress the world, meet the
FAA requirements and confirm its commitment to democratize the access to the
private jet.
Billed as the world’s most advanced light jet, The HondaJet design,
incorporates the HondaJet Over-The-Wing Engine Mount (OTWEM) configuration,
natural-laminar flow wing and fuselage
nose, composite fuselage and fuel-efficient jet in its class.
nose, composite fuselage and fuel-efficient jet in its class.
One red and one blue, the two light jets at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 are
Honda Aircraft Company’s third and fifth FAA-conforming HondaJets.
Connectikpeople has observed that, since 2010, Honda Aircraft has developed
and produced six FAA-conforming HondaJets: four flight test and two structural
test aircraft.
The third FAA-conforming HondaJet joined the program in November 2011 and
is being used for mechanical system testing. This testing has included the
brake control system, nosewheel steering, and flight controls. This aircraft
was also used for hot weather testing conducted in Yuma, Ariz., and traveled to
the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for “wet runway” water ingestion
testing to examine the effects of water spray.
The fifth conforming HondaJet joined the test program in May 2013 and is
being used for cabin system testing, interior testing, and options testing. It
will also be used for FAA function and reliability (F&R) testing. It is the
first HondaJet to be equipped with a production interior and is anchoring the
final leg of the flight test program.
Note: Honda Aircraft Company is targeting the end of 2014 for FAA certification
of the HondaJet. The $4.5 million light jet seats up to six in a standard
configuration (one crew and five passengers or two crew and four passengers)
and includes a private aft lavatory.
About
HondaJet
HondaJet is the world’s most advanced light business jet aircraft, with
best-in-class advantages in performance, comfort, quality and efficiency. The
HondaJet is the fastest, highest-flying, quietest, and most fuel-efficient jet
in its class. The HondaJet incorporates many technological innovations in
aviation design, including the unique Over-The-Wing Engine Mount (OTWEM)
configuration that dramatically improves performance and fuel efficiency by
reducing aerodynamic drag. The OTWEM design also reduces cabin sound, minimizes
ground-detected noise, and allows for the roomiest cabin in its class, the
largest baggage capacity, and a fully serviceable private aft lavatory. The
HondaJet is powered by two highly fuel-efficient GE Honda HF120 turbofan jet
engines, and is equipped with the most sophisticated glass flight deck
available in any light business jet, a Honda-customized Garmin® G3000
next-generation, all-glass avionics system composed of three 14-inch
landscape-format displays and dual touch-screen controllers. The HondaJet is
Honda’s first commercial aircraft and lives up to the company’s reputation for
superior performance, efficiency, quality and value.
Honda Aircraft Company
Honda Aircraft Company, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of American Honda
Motor Co., Inc., was founded in 2006, though has its heritage in more than 20
years of groundbreaking aeronautical research and development. At Honda
Aircraft’s world headquarters in North Carolina, the birthplace of aviation,
the company’s associates work in more than 500,000 square feet of
state-of-the-art R&D, manufacturing and administration buildings to
develop, produce, market and support the HondaJet with HondaJet dealers. The
challenging spirit upon which Mr. Soichiro Honda founded Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
is alive today as Honda Aircraft fulfills one of Honda’s longstanding dreams to
advance human mobility skyward.
