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HondaJet overtakes Cessna as top-selling small business jet in 2017
Nikkei Asia ^ | 2.22.2018 | TAKASHI SUGIMOTO,

Posted on 02/27/2018 9:33:48 PM PST by libh8er

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1 posted on 02/27/2018 9:33:48 PM PST by libh8er
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Oh that’s where I left my NSX. Next to the jet.

I always forget.

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2 posted on 02/27/2018 10:25:52 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: libh8er

I liked this jet the first time I saw it.


3 posted on 02/27/2018 10:29:42 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: libh8er

I guess this plane compete with the straight-wing Citations. This plane looks more like a Citation One, which is the smallest of the “slow-tations.” Their TAS at cruise is about 440 mph, but they can go into a lot of airports with short runways. Cessna also makes the Citation X, which is a completely different aircraft, much larger, with swept wings. It has a cruise TAS of Mach .92 ( about 625mph at 32,000 ft.) My wife’s family’s business has a One, two 3’s and an X.


4 posted on 02/27/2018 10:48:45 PM PST by vette6387
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Cool, my brother-in-law is an engineer for them.


5 posted on 02/27/2018 11:02:06 PM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: libh8er

Cool, my brother-in-law is an engineer for them.


6 posted on 02/27/2018 11:02:08 PM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: libh8er
Best buy out there IMO is a used Cessna Citation 2.

Buying one with a lot of hours on the engines is a good way to go and then have them rebuilt... So you KNOW they are in good shape.

Saw one the other day on Trade-A-Plane for 175,000. Total airframe hours 9,017 that means the 10,000 hr inspection is not far away.

Lots of time on the engines, will soon need major overhaul...that is PRICEY. But you end up with basically new engines and a modestly fast business jet.. 75% Cruise: 464 mph. Range: 2,300 mi | 1,998 nmi and operates from a medium length strip.

After the major upcoming expenses probably still less than 1,500,000 in a very nice jet.

I'd rather have this than a 5,000,000 Honda jet....use the $ difference on upkeep/fuel.

Nice looking old planes too.

N127JJ


7 posted on 02/28/2018 12:17:45 AM PST by Bobalu (12 diet Cokes and a fried chicken...)
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The Citation X is a really hot plane... but if I was going over 20,000,000 I’d go a little more and get a used Dassault Falcon 7, has that nice 3rd engine and 6500 mile range.

559 mph cruise, about 5,000 gallons of fuel to fill it up.

Imagine paying over 20 grand to fill up your plane.


8 posted on 02/28/2018 12:30:18 AM PST by Bobalu (12 diet Cokes and a fried chicken...)
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We had a 2 then a 4 and now we have a Sovereign. We could land on some really short runways with the 2. Used to fly into Gimli, Manitoba onour Canadian fishing trips and our pilots didn’t like that runway.


9 posted on 02/28/2018 2:25:30 AM PST by Dusty Road (")
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All well and good, if you don’t mind getting mistaken for a certain 3-letter agency. Wish I had the $$$$


10 posted on 02/28/2018 3:02:09 AM PST by antidisestablishment ( Xenophobia is the only sane response to multiculturalismÂ’s irrational cultural exuberance)
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To: libh8er

Honda engineers were pretty smart placing engines high so as to allow grass take offs and landings without sucking debris in to them.


11 posted on 02/28/2018 3:08:01 AM PST by Joe Boucher (President Trump makes obammy look like the punk he is.)
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Still, to me the MU-2 is just about the most bad ass plane the Japanese ever produced as a GA platform. The short field and rate of climb is phenomenal. Gotta stay on top and out front of it by a long way, but one very nice plane.

Fischer Price of jets (Cessna) is just that.

12 posted on 02/28/2018 4:13:12 AM PST by blackdog
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If you like project planes, take on a cheap Honza-Jet! I couldn’t resist. First time I saw one it was around 2:00am as it pulled up next to me. WTF is that I asked?


13 posted on 02/28/2018 4:18:11 AM PST by blackdog
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If I was going to go back to a turboprop I’d go back to our old King Air 350.


14 posted on 02/28/2018 4:22:58 AM PST by Dusty Road (")
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Never overlook the Twin Commander.


15 posted on 02/28/2018 4:37:09 AM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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Cheyenne


16 posted on 02/28/2018 4:49:11 AM PST by blackdog
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King Air is a much easier plane to fly. Sits big and tall too except for the 90.


17 posted on 02/28/2018 4:51:14 AM PST by blackdog
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To: Dusty Road

The Gimli glider story probably made him superstitious.

When I was posted in Winnipeg, we used to go up there a lot.

We’d drive though heh.


18 posted on 02/28/2018 5:08:37 AM PST by Bulwyf
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Still, to me the MU-2 is just about the most bad ass plane the Japanese ever produced as a GA platform. The short field and rate of climb is phenomenal.

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And very affordable for a twin turboprop. I wonder if that’s because of its reputation for being a widow maker.


19 posted on 02/28/2018 5:22:32 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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And the airworthiness directives. Props mostly.


20 posted on 02/28/2018 5:33:26 AM PST by blackdog
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