The u.s. Federal Aviation Administration presented Honda with certification for the HondaJet seven seats on Tuesday, the car was the aircraft unit said in a statement. The company has 25 planes in final Assembly in North Carolina and is preparing to dispatch and pilot training.
With leather seats for as many as seven passengers, as the HondaJet the company bills the fastest jet fuel efficient, quiet and most in its class. The plane made its maiden flight of Japan in April after three decades in development. Jet engine located over the wing, improving fuel efficiency of around 15 percent and free up space on the cabin about 20 percent more than comparable aircraft, according to the company.
Honda President Michimasa Fujino Aircraft has been called a "jet flying sports car" or "fly," indication Acura corporate strategy to position aircraft and Formula one engine as a source of credibility that raised the reputation of engineering vehicles in dealer showrooms. Fujino said the company already has more than 100 orders for the jet.
FAA certification, which indicates the health of the air plane manufacturing, design is the second milestone in the next few months for the plane from Japan. Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. Mitsubishi Regional Jet, a passenger aircraft was first developed in Japan in more than half a century, doing the first flight in November. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is also developing military stealth jets, is scheduled to conduct its maiden flight in the first quarter of next year
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