The HondaJet Ads

[cjcampbell]

Very cool. Very slick. I see them on CNN and I want to go flying again.
Oh well. I can wait. Maybe.

[Montblack]

("cjcampbell" wrote)
> Very cool. Very slick. I see them on CNN and I want to go flying again. Oh
> well. I can wait. Maybe.


It was a HUGE hit the 4 hours it was at OSH this year.

They flew in, had a forum on the jet's development at the Honda Pavilion
(too much PhD technical info to hold my interest for an hour), then
departed - after a few low passes over the runway.

That thing was QUIET!!!! :-)

GE is the partner with the engines. Not GE engines. Honda/GE engines.

I'm really looking forward to a side-by-side-by-side comparisons between all
the VLJ's - price, speed, fuel burn, seats, ceiling, useful load, etc. I
suspect the HondaJet will be certified pretty soon ...so long as the test
pilot doesn't land wheels up in their only prototype.


Montblack

[Flyingmonk]

I'm waiting for that too! I'm buying MegaMillions by the tens every
week : -) When I hit, boy oh boy! Hehe... I'll get me one of them
things, maybe an Epic LT.

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

[NW_PILOT]

And its a Honda so I guess it will be very reliable and when it dose break
no one will be able to work on it. I also wonder at the A&P Pay Grade if
they will be able to afford the special Honda training classes that may be
required to work at an authorized Honda service station.



"Montblack" > wrote in message
...
> ("cjcampbell" wrote)
> > Very cool. Very slick. I see them on CNN and I want to go flying again.
Oh
> > well. I can wait. Maybe.
>
>
> It was a HUGE hit the 4 hours it was at OSH this year.
>
> They flew in, had a forum on the jet's development at the Honda Pavilion
> (too much PhD technical info to hold my interest for an hour), then
> departed - after a few low passes over the runway.
>
> That thing was QUIET!!!! :-)
>
> GE is the partner with the engines. Not GE engines. Honda/GE engines.
>
> I'm really looking forward to a side-by-side-by-side comparisons between
all
> the VLJ's - price, speed, fuel burn, seats, ceiling, useful load, etc. I
> suspect the HondaJet will be certified pretty soon ...so long as the test
> pilot doesn't land wheels up in their only prototype.
>
>
> Montblack
>

[cjcampbell]

NW_PILOT wrote:
> And its a Honda so I guess it will be very reliable and when it dose break
> no one will be able to work on it. I also wonder at the A&P Pay Grade if
> they will be able to afford the special Honda training classes that may be
> required to work at an authorized Honda service station.

<smirk>

Getting back to the ad, though, I really like the tagline: "We've
always had wings (focusing on the wing logo on a Honda motorcycle). Now
we're flying."

[Flyingmonk]

>"We've always had wings (focusing on the wing logo on a Honda motorcycle). Now we're flying."

I like that...

Now, Mitsubishi made the Zeroes, I'm wondering why they're not making
aircrafts before Honda. BMW also made aircrafts, why are they not
getting into it again? I know that people have put their motorcycle
engines on homebuilts, but BMW are not supporting it.

I hope they get back into avaition again (Mitsubishi and BMW) more
sompetition will lower prices and add more selections for all of us.

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

[cjcampbell]

Flyingmonk wrote:
> >"We've always had wings (focusing on the wing logo on a Honda motorcycle). Now we're flying."
>
> I like that...
>
> Now, Mitsubishi made the Zeroes, I'm wondering why they're not making
> aircrafts before Honda. BMW also made aircrafts, why are they not
> getting into it again?

Actually, BMW started out making aircraft engines (hence their logo is
a stylized propeller), but they never made complete aircraft.

[Peter Duniho]

"Flyingmonk" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Now, Mitsubishi made the Zeroes, I'm wondering why they're not making
> aircrafts before Honda.

Huh? Not only did they, we even have a newsgroup participant here flying
one of their planes.

[Martin Hotze]

On 30 Sep 2005 22:00:30 -0700, cjcampbell wrote:

>Getting back to the ad, though, I really like the tagline: "We've
>always had wings (focusing on the wing logo on a Honda motorcycle). Now
>we're flying."


FYI: the ad can be seen here: <http://world.honda.com/jet/>

#m

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[Larry Dighera]

On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 11:31:49 +0200, Martin Hotze
> wrote in
>::

>FYI: the ad can be seen here: <http://world.honda.com/jet/>

Many thanks for the link.

In addition to the Honda Jet adds, the ASIMO videos are impressive
also.

[Flyingmonk]

Oh, thanks for clearing that up for me. : -)

[Flyingmonk]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the MU. Are they still making those? or are
they just flying what they already have?

[Montblack]

("cjcampbell" wrote)
> Actually, BMW started out making aircraft engines (hence their logo is
> a stylized propeller), but they never made complete aircraft.


<http://www.airventure.org/2005/monjuly25/dornier.html>
Dornier Amphibian (Do-24ATT) was at OSH this year:
".. and derives its power from three Pratt & Whitney PTA-45B turboprops,
which replaced the older original BMW radials."

Dornier Do-24ATT
http://makeashorterlink.com/?M5C6217EB
(Same link as below ...wait for it)

<http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraftsearch=Dornier%20Do-24ATT%20Amphibian&distinct_entry=true>


Montblack

[Flyingmonk]

That thing looks kindda like a PBY Catalina, one of my favorites.

[Mike Rapoport]

"Flyingmonk" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> >"We've always had wings (focusing on the wing logo on a Honda
> >motorcycle). Now we're flying."
>
> I like that...
>
> Now, Mitsubishi made the Zeroes, I'm wondering why they're not making
> aircrafts before Honda. BMW also made aircrafts, why are they not
> getting into it again? I know that people have put their motorcycle
> engines on homebuilts, but BMW are not supporting it.
>
> I hope they get back into avaition again (Mitsubishi and BMW) more
> sompetition will lower prices and add more selections for all of us.
>
> Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

Mitsubishi makes helicopters and a lot of major parts for Boeing, Bombardier
and possibly others.

Mike
MU-2

[Flyingmonk]

Sorry I forgot about your MU-2 Mike. I don't know how that happened.

>Mitsubishi makes helicopters and a lot of major parts for Boeing, Bombardier
>and possibly others.

I have heard of Kawasaki teaming with Hughes/MD years ago, but not
Mitsubishi. Thanks for that info.

Bryan

[Michael R]

Besides the MU-2, Mits made the Diamond jet, which later became the Beechjet
aka "Mitsubeechi".



>
> Now, Mitsubishi made the Zeroes, I'm wondering why they're not making
> aircrafts before Honda. BMW also made aircrafts, why are they not
> getting into it again? I know that people have put their motorcycle
> engines on homebuilts, but BMW are not supporting it.
>
> I hope they get back into avaition again (Mitsubishi and BMW) more
> sompetition will lower prices and add more selections for all of us.
>
> Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone
>