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Honda Aircraft Company Begins HondaJet Deliveries

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Honda Aircraft Company today announced it has begun deliveries of the HondaJet, the world’s most advanced light jet.

Greensboro, NC, USA — Honda Aircraft Company today announced it has begun deliveries of the HondaJet, the world’s most advanced light jet. The company delivered the first aircraft today at its world headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. This milestone follows final type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which the HondaJet received on Dec. 8, 2015.

“We are very excited to commence deliveries of the HondaJet, fulfilling Honda’s commitment to advancing human mobility through innovation,” said Honda Aircraft Company President and CEO Michimasa Fujino. “Honda Aircraft has now extended this commitment skyward with the delivery of our first aircraft, and I hope we soon will begin to see many HondaJets at airports around the world.”

Honda Aircraft Company is manufacturing the HondaJet at its world headquarters in Greensboro. The aircraft is offered for sale in North America, South America and Europe through the HondaJet dealer network.

To support HondaJet customers, Honda Aircraft has established a robust worldwide dealer network in 11 territories. HondaJet dealers are ready to support aircraft entry into service, together with a 90,000 square-foot customer service facility in Greensboro to support the dealer network with heavy maintenance, repair and overhaul capabilities.

Pilot training is already being conducted for HondaJet customers with a full-motion, Level D flight simulator installed at the Honda Aircraft Training Center in Greensboro.

The HondaJet is the world’s most advanced light jet, with revolutionary technology and design innovations-including the Over-The-Wing Engine Mount design-that help it achieve the highest speed, superior fuel efficiency, and a more spacious cabin over conventional aircraft in its class.

For more information about the HondaJet, visit http://www.HondaJet.com.

About HondaJet
The HondaJet is the fastest, highest-flying, quietest, and most fuel-efficient jet in its class. The HondaJet incorporates many technological innovations in aviation design, including the unique Over-The-Wing Engine Mount (OTWEM) configuration that dramatically improves performance and fuel efficiency by reducing aerodynamic drag. The OTWEM design also reduces cabin sound, minimizes ground-detected noise, and allows for the roomiest cabin in its class, the largest baggage capacity, and a fully serviceable private aft lavatory. The HondaJet is equipped with the most sophisticated glass flight deck available in any light business jet, a Honda-customized Garmin® G3000. The HondaJet is Honda’s first commercial aircraft and lives up to the company’s reputation for superior performance, efficiency, quality and value.

About Honda Aircraft Company
Honda Aircraft Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Founded in 2006, Honda Aircraft’s world headquarters is located in North Carolina, the birthplace of aviation. The challenging spirit upon which Mr. Soichiro Honda founded Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is alive today as Honda Aircraft fulfills one of Honda’s longstanding dreams to advance human mobility skyward.

Media Contact:
Kristy Kennedy
Honda Aircraft Company
336-662-0246
media@haci.honda.com
http://www.hondajet.com

Aerospace, Business

HondaJet Sets Two Speed Records Flying between the Northeast and South Florida

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The United States National Aeronautic Association presented the records to Honda Aircraft Company during the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida.

Orlando, FL, USA — Honda Aircraft Company today announced the HondaJet, the fastest jet Performance in its class, has officially secured its first speed records over two recognized courses from Teterboro, New Jersey to Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Boston, Massachusetts to Palm Beach, Florida. The United States National Aeronautic Association presented the records to Honda Aircraft Company during the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida.

In setting the record between New Jersey and Florida, the HondaJet departed Teterboro Airport at 2:15 p.m. EST on April 9, 2016 and landed at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport at 5:06 p.m. Despite average headwinds of 60 knots (nearly 70 mph), the flight took two hours and 51 minutes at a cruising altitude of 43,000 feet with the HondaJet surpassing the existing record from Teterboro to Fort Lauderdale. The HondaJet achieved a maximum ground speed of 414 knots (478 mph) for this flight.

For the Boston to Palm Beach record, the HondaJet departed New Bedford Regional Airport at 7:18 a.m. EDT on July 19, 2016 and landed at Palm Beach International Airport at 10:16 a.m.

Factoring average headwinds of 30 knots (35 mph), the flight took two hours and 58 minutes. The HondaJet achieved a maximum ground speed of 422 knots (486 mph). The HondaJet is the first aircraft in its class to officially achieve the Boston to Palm Beach record.

“We chose several of the busiest business aviation airports with extremely popular routes to demonstrate that the HondaJet will get customers where they need to be faster than any other light jet,” said Honda Aircraft President and CEO Michimasa Fujino. “These missions prove just how dramatically HondaJet design innovations like the Over-The-Wing Engine Mount increase performance and fuel efficiency over other light jets.”

The records are approved by the U.S. National Aeronautic Association and pending approval as world records by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in Switzerland. Peter Kriegler and Glenn Gonzales piloted the HondaJet on both flights.

The HondaJet is the world’s most advanced light jet, and its distinctive design incorporates advanced technologies and concepts. The HondaJet patented Over-The-Wing Engine Mount configuration, natural laminar flow wing and fuselage nose, and composite fuselage were developed from long-term research activities.

The HondaJet is fastest jet in its class with a maximum cruise speed of 422 knots (486 mph); it soars highest in its class with a maximum altitude of 43,000 feet; and it is the most fuel-efficient light jet in its class by up to 17 percent. It has an NBAA IFR range of 1,223 nautical miles (1,408 miles).

About HondaJet
The HondaJet is the fastest, highest-flying, quietest, and most fuel-efficient jet in its class. The HondaJet incorporates many technological innovations in aviation design, including the unique Over-The-Wing Engine Mount (OTWEM) configuration that dramatically improves performance and fuel efficiency by reducing aerodynamic drag. The OTWEM design also reduces cabin sound, minimizes ground-detected noise, and allows for the roomiest cabin in its class, the largest baggage capacity, and a fully serviceable private aft lavatory. The HondaJet is equipped with the most sophisticated glass flight deck available in any light business jet, a Honda-customized Garmin® G3000 The HondaJet is Honda’s first commercial aircraft and lives up to the company’s reputation for superior performance, efficiency, quality and value.

About Honda Aircraft Company
Honda Aircraft Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Founded in 2006, Honda Aircraft’s world headquarters is located in North Carolina, the birthplace of aviation. The challenging spirit upon which Mr. Soichiro Honda founded Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is alive today as Honda Aircraft fulfills one of Honda’s longstanding dreams to advance human mobility skyward.

Media Contact:
Honda Aircraft Company
336-662-0246
media@haci.honda.com

Business, Human Resources

Aviation Job Firm Celebrates 10 Years of On-line Job Placement Worldwide

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Online aviation job posting service, AviaNation.com, is celebrating 10 years of providing job offers for aviation applicants around the world. Providing both free and paid services, applicants communicate directly with the employers and recruiters.

Delray Beach, FL, February 28, 2013 — AviaNation.com, the premier job posting site for aviation jobs around the US and the World celebrates their 10 year anniversary in aviation job placement.

Formed in 2003, AviaNation (http://www.AviaNation.com) now has over 4,000 registered employers who post their open positions and search the database of over 65,000 member applicants when looking to fill open vacancies.

Applicants are able to see the jobs as they are posted, and respond directly to the employer / recruiter with their resume or CV. AviaNation does not get in the middle of the applicant’s hiring process, nor do they take any salary when the applicant is accepted. AviaNation receives an average of 25 new job postings every day.

“We are unique in the industry, in that we have a worldwide database of jobs and applicants” says Tim Kirkwood, AviaNation’s Director of Member Companies, “When the recession caused the industry to slump in the US, AviaNation was able to offer positions in India and China, which were growing at that time”.

Now that the aviation industry in the US has recovered, AviaNation is poised to guide a new group of applicants to their future in the skies. AviaNation also reaches out to aviation students, as well as displaced or furloughed airline employees with their free resume-posting service, and their access to the AviaNation jobs pages. Interested applicants can see these current job offerings at http://www.AviaNation.com/student. “This is our way of giving back to the industry.” says Kirkwood, “If you’ve lost your job, it just seems wrong to require you to pay to find a new one at a time when every dollar counts.”

AviaNation is proud to be corporate sponsors of Women in Aviation (http://www.wai.org) and Women in Corporate Aviation (http://www.wca-intl.org), and members of the National Business Aircraft Association (http://www.nbaa.org). In March, AviaNation will be exhibiting at the Women In Aviation annual conference, this year being held in Nashville, TN.

Media Contact:
Tim Kirkwood
AviaNation.com
P.O. Box 6455
Delray Beach, FL 33482
561-843-6006
timk@avianation.com
http://www.avianation.com

Business

Front Range Airport Receives Full Funding for Spaceport License

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Front Range Airport is ready to launch its bid for spaceport licensing with full funding commitments from strategic partners.

Denver (Watkins), CO, November 26, 2012 – Front Range Airport is ready to launch its bid for spaceport licensing with full funding commitments from strategic partners.

“The  Colorado  Department  of  Transportation’s  Division  of  Aeronautics  approved  a  grant  request  for $275,000, which is the last commitment needed to match a $200,000 grant received Sept. 25, 2012, from the  Federal  Aviation  Administration’s  Office  of  Commercial  Space  Transportation,” said Dennis Heap, executive director for Front Range Airport.

Aeronautics funding comes on the heels of commitments from Denver International Airport (DIA) for $50,000, the city of Aurora for $25,000, I-70 Regional Economic Advancement Partnership for $5,000, the Town of Bennett for $5,000 and Adams County for $300,000. “The commitments are more than just money,”  said Heap. “They are an expression of partnership for the concept of Spaceport Colorado.”

Studies  show  that  tomorrow’s  leaders in commercial space transportation will be facilities that are part of a world-wide network of suborbital flight transportation. Front  Range  Airport’s  unique  position  as  a  spaceport location is due to its rural location and excess capacity, while being convenient to DIA and easily accessible by the greater Denver metro area. Key to the success of Spaceport Colorado is DIA, the 10th busiest airport in the world, which will be the feed and distribution system for future cargo and passenger space flight.

“The city of Aurora has supported Front Range Airportt since its inception,”  said  Mayor  Steve  Hogan. “We  have  partnered with the airport to construct the existing water system and transferred approval to the airport for its waste water system. We maintain the primary roads to and from the airport and funded completion of 56th Avenue between DIA and Front Range Airport in collaboration with Adams County and TransPort developers.”

“Funding  assistance  from  the  local  economic  development  organization,  I-70 REAP, and the Town of Bennett is  very  meaningful,” said Heap.  “The organization has been a long-time supporter and views the airport as the economic engine for the I-70  Corridor.”

Adams County Commissioner Alice J. Nichol, chairman of the Front Range Airport Authority is pleased with the support for Spaceport Colorado. “Adams County has invested over $21 million in infrastructure and assistance for Front Range, making it the 3rd largest contributor after the FAA and the private  sector,”  said Nichol. “I believe Spaceport Colorado will become a major economic generator for Adams County and the state of Colorado.

Next steps are the issuance of an RFP for spaceport consultants and final selection before the end of the year. The spaceport consultants and Front Range Airport will then begin the six-month process of conducting technical, financial and feasibility studies; developing a detailed business plan; identifying the market and facilities analysis for Spaceport Colorado; as well as conducting an environmental assessment and risk analysis for the spaceport and flight corridors. This data will be used to prepare the spaceport license application. The goal is to receive a license for a horizontal launch and recovery for spaceport before the end of 2013.

“Front Range is the last general aviation (GA) airport constructed in Colorado and is one of the largest land mass GA airports in the United States with just under 4,000 acres of land, surrounded by a 6,000- acre, non-residential, master planned industrial complex,” said Heap.  “Tens of thousands of acres of dry land farming extend in all directions from the airport.”

Front Range Airport constructed the tallest general aviation air traffic control tower in the United States, and has 20 acres of shovel-ready sites with sufficient utilities to support a 10-15 year build out for aerospace facilities.

Contact:
Dan Mahoney
Communications Strategy Group
3225 East 2nd Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
(970) 405-8060
dmahoney@csg-pr.com
http://www.csg-pr.com