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| 2006: |
Honda announces that it will commercialize HondaJet at the EAA AirVenture 2006 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 25, 2006. |
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| 2005: |
HondaJet makes its public “world debut” at the EAA AirVenture 2005 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 28, 2005. |
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| 2004: |
Honda and GE Aviation announce the establishment of a joint venture, GE-Honda Aero Engines, LLC, in October 2004, to pursue the development, production and sales of Honda’s HF118 turbofan engine in the light business jet market. |
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In July 2004, Honda establishes Honda Aero, Inc. to manage its engine aviation business in the U.S. and the Wako Nishi R&D Center in Japan to research and develop turbofan jet and piston aviation engines. |
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| 2003: |
HondaJet takes first test flight, December 3, 2003. Honda makes first public announcement of the achievement days later. |
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| 2002: |
Honda conducts high altitude tests of the HF118 engine starting in June 2002. |
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Honda publishes and reports its first technical paper in June 2002 concerning technological achievements of the new airframe. Honda continues publishing technical papers, with the most recent paper in June 2005. |
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| 2000: |
Honda R&D Americas establishes a research facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport in North Carolina in October 2000 for the purpose of researching, fabricating and flight testing of HondaJet. |
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| 1999: |
Development begins of the HF118 turbofan jet engine in the 1,000 to 3,500-pound thrust class. Compact, lightweight, low emission, fuel efficient. |
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| 1993: |
Honda begins research on composite body aircraft with Mississippi State University (MSU), leading to development of aircraft called “MH-02” that is jointly fabricated and tested by Honda and MSU. Research continues until 1996. |
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| 1986: |
Honda begins research in Japan on both small aircraft and jet engines. |
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