{"id":20411,"date":"2021-12-20T14:24:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T14:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=20411"},"modified":"2021-12-20T14:24:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T14:24:10","slug":"honda-aircraft-company-delivers-200th-hondajet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/honda-aircraft-company-delivers-200th-hondajet\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Honda Aircraft Company Delivers 200th HondaJet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Honda Aircraft Company today announced that it has marked a\nmajor milestone of delivering the 200th HondaJet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honda Aircraft Company began its first deliveries of the\nHondaJet soon after the clean-sheet aircraft received its Type Certification\nfrom the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in December 2015. In May 2018,\nthe company introduced the HondaJet Elite, with an extended range of 1,437 nm,\nnew avionics features, and new styling. In May 2021, the company announced new\nupgrades to the design with the HondaJet Elite S, which increased the\naircraft&#8217;s maximum takeoff weight by 200 lbs. and added new avionics features\nto further expand operational capability and reduce pilot workload to maximize\nsafety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company also announced that the HondaJet Elite S was\nrecently honored with the 2021 Top Flight Award presented by Aviation\nInternational News (AIN) in the New Business Jet category. The 2021 Top Flight\nAwards recognize individuals, organizations, and technologies for excellence,\ninnovation, and service in business aviation and its related disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HondaJet has been certified in over 13 countries, with\ntotal flight hours of over 98,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Since 2017, the HondaJet has been the most delivered\naircraft in its class, and we continue to see high demand for the aircraft,\nthanks to its unmatched performance, comfort, efficiency and innovative\ndesign,&#8221; said Honda Aircraft Company&#8217;s President and CEO Michimasa Fujino.\n&#8220;The delivery of the 200th HondaJet is a reflection of its superior\ncapabilities and reliability, as well as the extraordinary customer support of\nour team members.&nbsp; We will remain\ncommitted to our customers by ensuring that the HondaJet Elite S continues to\nset a new standard in business aviation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About the HondaJet Elite S<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HondaJet Elite S is the fastest, farthest and\nhighest-flying plane in its class. The HondaJet Elite S incorporates Honda\nAircraft&#8217;s many technological innovations, including the unique Over-The-Wing\nEngine Mount (OTWEM) configuration, Natural Laminar Flow (NLF) nose and wing,\nand composite fuselage. The aircraft is also powered by the GE Honda Aero\nEngines HF120. All of these advancements contribute to the aircraft&#8217;s superior\nperformance, unparalleled efficiency and maximized fuselage space, making the aircraft&#8217;s\ncabin the largest in its class. The HondaJet Elite S cabin features a full\nservice galley, a private lavatory with optional belted seat and an industry\nfirst Bongiovi sound system. The aircraft sets the standard in safety and\nhuman-machine interface technology with an ergonomically designed cockpit and\nhighly customized Garmin\u00ae G3000 avionics suite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honda Aircraft continues to be committed to improving lives\nthrough personal mobility, while living in a sustainable society. The HondaJet\nElite S remains significantly more fuel efficient and emits less greenhouse\ngases than all other similarly sized twin-engine business jets. Certified for\nsingle pilot operations, the HondaJet Elite S continues to live up to the\ncompany&#8217;s reputation for superior performance, efficiency, quality, and value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honda Aircraft Company today announced that it has marked a major milestone of delivering the 200th HondaJet. Honda Aircraft Company began its first deliveries of the HondaJet soon after the clean-sheet aircraft received its Type Certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in December 2015. In May 2018, the company introduced the HondaJet Elite, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6263_Edit_200th_HondaJet-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20413,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20411\/revisions\/20413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}