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show me		2006-07-26 10:44:57 AM

Nice headline, smitty.

Seneca Doane		2006-07-26 11:51:35 AM

Yes, Honda will offer a new consumer jet to the American market. No, it will not be a hatchback.

Sirjohnfalstaff		2006-07-26 12:21:21 PM

That's Ricest!!

Lumber Jack Off		2006-07-26 12:22:11 PM

damn ricers. I always laugh when one of those stupid punks get pulled over for speeding and/or wreckless driving.

_		2006-07-26 12:23:56 PM

I always laugh when one of those stupid punks get pulled over for speeding and/or wreckless driving.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

StrikitRich		2006-07-26 12:24:04 PM

Anything that keeps Piper in business is alright with me.

ignoramus		2006-07-26 12:24:38 PM

The reported new pilot for the aircraft:
media.pixpond.com

There were plenty of pictures of Asi, for some reason, I liked this one best.

MonkeyBoy666		2006-07-26 12:26:23 PM

Lumber Jack Off: I always laugh when one of those stupid punks get pulled over for speeding and/or wreckless driving.

Personally I always laugh when a few dozen "muscle car" owners get busted for running an impromptu drag strip on public roads.

I don't laugh when an innocent wanders into their non-cordoned-off area and gets killed by one of them though. That's just sad.

Delly		2006-07-26 12:26:35 PM

Didn't Mitsubishi make planes around the time of WW2?

HotWingConspiracy		2006-07-26 12:28:00 PM

http://world.honda.com/HondaJet/

It looks purty cool.

Exocet		2006-07-26 12:29:08 PM

Nifty.

Alton		2006-07-26 12:29:33 PM

A nice looking jet. If I ever won the lottery, I'd buy one.

WillTAForCash		2006-07-26 12:29:58 PM

Didn't Mitsubishi make planes around the time of WW2?

I could be mistaken, but I think they made the Zero. At the time, Mitsubishi was one of the largest manufacturing concerns in Japan.

Travis McGee		2006-07-26 12:30:26 PM

Delly

Yup.

www.aviation-history.com

Alton		2006-07-26 12:30:32 PM

/shakes fist at Exocet. Same pic too.

Exocet		2006-07-26 12:31:04 PM

;)

WayneKerr		2006-07-26 12:32:26 PM

I will not be impressed until the time that they invent the sonic boombox.

Masterdog		2006-07-26 12:32:48 PM

Bloody hell, can't they concentrate on making a passable F1 car first? Land speed records, planes, classy adverts...all well and good, but I want Jenson to win a race.

MonkeyBoy666		2006-07-26 12:33:39 PM

Exocet: Nifty.

Looks pretty... but what the hell is that little white strip running between the wing & engine?

poopooface		2006-07-26 12:35:53 PM

Looks like Honda must have found some clever ways around pantents - look for the direct copy of Gulfstream interior, flight controls, etc

ranold		2006-07-26 12:35:58 PM

Don't like the engine mounts on the wings.
440KTS @FL410 will be fast though... Mach .90-.92 perhaps?

bbphotova		2006-07-26 12:36:44 PM

wreckless driving

I thought that was the whole point?

icon0fs1n		2006-07-26 12:37:18 PM

MonkeyBoy666
Looks pretty... but what the hell is that little white strip running between the wing & engine?

Hard to tell from the angle, but it looks like it might be the engine mount. Can't tell if the engine is mounted to the wing or the fuselage.

It could also just be an additional stablizier, like the vertical wingtips on the A319/A320 Airbus's

Theonceovertwice		2006-07-26 12:37:40 PM

Ha! Good one!

British		2006-07-26 12:37:45 PM

So basically they are doing the reverse of Saab.

Honda - born from hatchbacks.

//can you get a carbon fiber cockpit nose?
//NOS sticker on the fuselage?
//the airborne and the furious

backseatpilot		2006-07-26 12:38:20 PM

The engines are mounted above the wings, rather than the usual case of under the tail. I believe those white strips are pylons holding the engines to the wings.

In other news, the Spectrum very light jet crashed and killed the test pilots... Damn shame.

WillTAForCash		2006-07-26 12:38:20 PM

How can it be the Civic of the sky with the engines in the back like that? It's really more of the NSX of the sky.

lionfish		2006-07-26 12:39:21 PM

Finally a reason to mount huge wings on a honda.

Shadow Blasko		2006-07-26 12:39:51 PM

MonkeyBoy666: Looks pretty... but what the hell is that little white strip running between the wing & engine?

Some kind of funky stabilizer on the engine pillar?

Huge pic here(pops) (different angle)

icegryphon		2006-07-26 12:40:42 PM

lionfish Wins The Thread!

antron		2006-07-26 12:40:59 PM

I'm waiting for the inevitable Type-R version

fappomatic		2006-07-26 12:41:57 PM

I wonder if the Acura version will be more luxurious?

jiggs		2006-07-26 12:42:34 PM

As long as it is not Mitsubishi, but someone has already beat me to that it looks like.

Abominable Snow Man		2006-07-26 12:42:40 PM

Can't wait to see the huge ass shopping cart spoiler and "Type R" stickers attached to one. Maybe some bigass chrome tips soldered to the back of the engines.

fappomatic		2006-07-26 12:43:59 PM

Don't forget the gigantic K&N air intake system.

CaptFun		2006-07-26 12:44:53 PM

MonkeyBoy666: Looks pretty... but what the hell is that little white strip running between the wing & engine?

The Honda site indicates that they mounted the engines above the wings (and not to the fuselage) to reduce noise and increase available luggage space. Wonder if the cost will be in line with the Eclipse which should start shipping any day now...

amindtat		2006-07-26 12:48:20 PM

My favorite anti-Harley t-shirt reads:
"If HD made an airplane would you fly in it?"
It just got even more funny.

StrikitRich		2006-07-26 12:49:06 PM

Will the jet have a big, bazooka-like exhaust, too?

SoylentGreen		2006-07-26 12:49:22 PM

Fly away!!

Abominable Snow Man		2006-07-26 12:52:58 PM

Cue production increase for those stupid "I'm not driving fast, I'm flying low" license plate holders.

Narc_		2006-07-26 12:55:49 PM

Video here (pops)

Major Thomb		2006-07-26 12:57:12 PM

"Honda Civic of the sky."

That fills me with dread.

SpectroBoy		2006-07-26 12:58:01 PM

Aerialis		2006-07-26 12:58:09 PM

SoylentGreen

You took my original inteded login, and now you found the picture I was just about to post! Curse youuuuuuu!

FauxFox		2006-07-26 12:58:51 PM

"You know vhat ve gonna do noooow? Unpimp ze aircraft!"

Butterfinger		2006-07-26 12:59:23 PM

Rice rice baby to go at angels 320.
img87.imageshack.us

Needs more time and love and attention and a better source pic.

novaraz		2006-07-26 12:59:31 PM

Honda, born from 50cc step through scooters.

People seem to forget Honda made motorcycles before cars before lawn mowers before generators before planes.

/I for one, welcome our Honda overloads
//Rides old Honda motorcycles