Posted on 02/27/2018 9:33:48 PM PST by libh8er
TOKYO -- Honda Motor delivered 43 of its business jets, the HondaJet, to customers in 2017, up 20 from a year before, becoming the top-selling model for the first time by beating out U.S. rival Cessna Aircraft.
Cessna delivered 39 of its mainstay Citation M2 jets during the year.
Honda said its aircraft business improved mainly due to the strong North American market and Europe. It said about half of the aircraft it delivered went to individuals, and half to corporate clients.
The HondaJet is priced at $4.9 million. That would put annual sales at about $210.7 million, based on simple calculations.
Despite an overall slowdown in the business jet market around the world, demand for "very light" business jets such as the HondaJet grew by 50% last year from the year before.
According to data released Wednesday by the Washington-based General Aviation Manufacturers Association, a total of 676 business jets were delivered in 2017, up 1.3% from a year before, the first rise in three years. It was just half the figure for the peak year of 2008, however.
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The guy who used to run Perkiomen Valley Airport near Greatersford kept a MU Solitare in the community storage hangar. He flew it just enough to stay current.
The guy who used to run Perkiomen Valley Airport near Greatersford kept a MU Solitare in the community storage hangar. He flew it just enough to stay current.
We’d land in Gimli and then drive up to Pine Dock and catch the float planes. Love those remote fly in fishing trips, love Manitoba. Once as we were coming in the were having drag races on the runway, we had to circle a couple of times until they got it cleared. What better place for a bunch of old Crown Royal drinking Texans to land than Gimli, home of the Crown Royal Distillery. We took our hat’s off in honor!
Had to look up Gimli Glider, that had to have been spooky.
A good buy for the less well-heeled is the old BEECHCRAFT BARON, or, for something with a bit more sport, the Aerostar 700.
Thanks libh8er. Research on this started in one of the Missouri universities, wound up funded and finished in Japan. Putting the engines where they are quiets the interior. It's a remarkably low-priced subsonic personal jet.
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