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Honda HA-420 HondaJet
Honda HA-420 HondaJet
Role Light business jet
National origin Japan
United States
Manufacturer Honda Aircraft Company
First flight December 3, 2003
Status In production, in service
Produced December 2015–present
Number built 200 (as of December 2021)
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History Honda Aircraft Company
Honda HA-420 HondaJet
The Honda HA-420 HondaJet is a light business jet produced by the Honda Aircraft Company of Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Original concepts of the aircraft started in 1997 and were completed in 1999. It took its maiden flight on December 3, 2003, received its FAA type certificate in December 2015, and was first delivered that same month. By the end of 2021, 200 jets had been delivered.
The seven- to eight-seat aircraft has a composite fuselage and an aluminum wing and is powered by two GE Honda HF120 turbofans unusually mounted on pylons above the wing. It can cruise at 420 kn (780 km/h), and has a 1,400 nmi (2,600 km) range. The HondaJet has received several aeronautic design and innovation accolades.
Development
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Honda began to study small-sized business jets in the late 1980s, using engines from other manufacturers. The Honda MH01 turboprop used an all-composite construction, and the Honda MH02 was fabricated and assembled at Mississippi State University's Raspet Flight Research Laboratory in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The MH02 was a prototype using carbon fiber/epoxy composite materials and was the first all-composite light business jet to fly. Flight testing on the MH02 continued through 1996, after which the aircraft was shipped to Japan.
Designer and company founder, Michimasa Fujino, began sketching the HondaJet in 1997, and the concept was solidified in 1999. According to Fujino, design of the HondaJet nose was inspired by Salvatore Ferragamo shoes. Testing in the Boeing windtunnel indicated a valid concept in 1999
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Honda HA-420 HondaJet
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General Info
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- Crew: 1-2
- Capacity: 7 occupants (8 in Europe), crew included
- Length: 42 ft 7 in (12.99 m)
- Wingspan: 39 ft 9 in (12.12 m)
- Height: 14 ft 11 in (4.54 m)
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- Pressurization: 8.8 psi (0.61 bar)
- Cabin height: 4.83 ft (1.47 m)
- Cabin width: 5.00 ft (1.52 m)
- Powerplant: 2 × GE Honda HF120 turbofan, 2,050 lbf (9.1 kN) thrust each
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Performance
- Cruise speed: 486 mph, 782 km/h) FL300
- Range: 1,437 nmi (1,653 mi, 2,661 km) NBAA fuel reserve IFR Range with 4 occupants
- Service ceiling: (13,000 m)
- Rate of climb: 4,100 ft/min
- Fuel burn at high-speed cruise: 999 lb/h (453 kg/h) at 419 kn TAS at FL330
- Fuel burn at long-range cruise: 543 lb/h (246 kg/h) at 360 kn TAS at FL43
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The Bf 108A first flew in 1934, followed by the Bf 108B in 1935. The Bf 108B used the substantially larger, 12.67 litre displacement Argus As 10 air-cooled inverted V8 engine. The nickname Taifun (German for "typhoon") was given to her own aircraft by Elly Beinhorn, a well-known German pilot, and was generally adopted
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Development of the type continue and in 1935 the Bf 108B appeared with the fin and rudder having undergone modifications.
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Conceived as a competitive aircraft the Bf 108 would take part in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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