June 7, 2018 in Private Aircraft

Honda’s new private jet is a sports car in the sky | CNBC International

Honda’s new private jet is a sports car in the sky | CNBC International

The HondaJet, a private light jet which seats between 4-6 people, costs between $4.9 – $5.2 million and took nearly three decades to get from design to market. —– Subscribe to us on YouTube: Subscribe to CNBC Life on YouTube: Like our Facebook page: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on Twitter:

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December 11, 2017 in Jets

What it’s like to fly in Honda’s new $4.9 million private jet, the HondaJet

Honda is known for its engineering excellence. It's also a company willing to take its time to get things right. For example, Honda famously spent a decade perfecting its second-generation NSX supercar, Business Insider's 2016 Car of the Year. Naturally, we weren't shocked to learn that the company spent 30 years getting its first private jet off the ground. In 1986, Honda's aviation team — led by a young aeronautical engineer named Michimasa Fujino — began work on the company's ambitious foray into the aerospace industry. It was one of the final major projects greenlit by Soichiro Honda, the aviation

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