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  GE - Aviation: GE Honda Aero Engines LLC Achieves Significant Progress With HF118 Design (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
GE Honda Aero Engines LLC is a 50/50 joint venture company formed a year ago to manufacture and market the HF118 family of commercial turbofan engines, ranging in thrust from 1,000 to 3,500 pounds, for light business aircraft.
Honda and GE envision annual sales of at least 200 of these aircraft, flown by owner-operators and fractional owners, as well as "air-taxi" operations serving small airports that are not serviced by major airlines.
GE Honda Aero Engines LLC has benefited from a high level of market interest in the HF118 engine and is in discussions with several companies proposing new light business aircraft.
www.geae.com.cob-web.org:8888 /aboutgeae/presscenter/other/other_20051109.html   (585 words)

  
 Honda - Wikicars
Honda, utilizing his manufacturing facilities, attached an engine to a bicycle, creating the cheap and efficient transport that was required.
Honda quickly began to produce a range of scooters and motorcycles and Soichiro Honda quickly recovered from the losses incurred during the war.
Honda finally established a foothold in the American market in 1972 with the introduction of the Civic;larger than their previous models, but still small compared to the typical American car—just as the 1970s energy crisis was impacting worldwide economies.
wikicars.org /en/Honda   (840 words)

  
 General Electric : Honda & GE Form Strategic Alliance in the Business Jet Engine Market   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Honda Motor Co. and GE announced the formation of a strategic alliance to produce a new jet engine for light business jets.
Honda and GE have been in discussions for more than a year, and expect to sign a formal definitive agreement later this year.
Now, Honda and GE will bring their expertise to a new generation of smaller, lightweight, low-cost and highly efficient turbofan jet engines with the lowest operating costs.
www.ge.com /stories/en/20132.html?category=Products_Home   (530 words)

  
 ShowNews Online: NBAA 2005
The HF118 is seen as the basis for a family of powerplants in the 1,000- to 3,500-pounds-thrust range.
GE Honda Aero Engines is a 50-50 joint venture, although Leonard says that three quarters of the engineers on the HF118 now are working in Tokyo.
GE Honda is targeting an industry-leading 5,000 hours prior to first major overhaul with no interim hot-section inspection, and says it can get there in part by using GE's proprietary N6 single-crystal nickel alloy for the turbine blades.
www.aviationnow.com /shownews/05nbaa/news_1_01.htm   (602 words)

  
 Honda Jet
GE Honda Aero Engines - GE Honda Aero Engines LLC (or GE Honda) is a Cincinnati, Ohio-based joint venture between GE-Aviation and Honda Aero.
Honda HA-420 HondaJet - The HondaJet is the culmination of 20 years of research and development by Honda Motor Company in an effort to bring new value, performance and innovation to the very light jet market.
Honda of Albany, Georgia - Honda of Albany, Georgia Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki motorcycles, ATV's, trikes and Seadoo jetskis and jet boats.
luxury.vvvvvv3.com /hondajet.html   (928 words)

  
 Honda - Press Releases - Honda to Begin Sales of Very Light Jet - 'HondaJet'
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.
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.
Honda and GE Aviation announce February 16, 2004, an alliance to commercialize the HF 118 engine, and establish 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.
corporate.honda.com /press/article.aspx?id=2006072535888   (1429 words)

  
 GE - Aviation: GE Honda Aero Engines to Power HondaJet Advanced Light Jet
For two years, GE and Honda have engaged in aggressive development and component testing for the new HF120 engine, with the first engine scheduled to run in early 2007.
Drawing from GE's and Honda's technology leadership and experience, the HF120 is being designed and tested with the goal of setting new standards of performance for small jet engines in terms of fuel efficiency, durability, and low noise and emissions.
GE - Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is one of the world's leading manufacturers of jet engines for civil and military aircraft.
www.geae.com /aboutgeae/presscenter/gehonda/gehonda_20061017.html   (711 words)

  
 cOMMUNICATION Latest - Honda Partners with GE to Produce New Jet Engine
Honda and General Electric Co. have announced a joint venture to further develop and certify Honda's new fuel-efficient HF118 jet engine for light business jets.
Honda Motor Co. is a leading manufacturer of automobiles and the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles.
GE is a diversified technology and services company and the world's biggest manufacturer of engines for large jetliners.
www.omm.com /communication/2004/03-08/honda.html   (289 words)

  
 Honda Worldwide | July 25, 2006 "Honda to Begin Sales of Very Light Jet — “HondaJet”"
Honda and Piper will provide a new level of sales and service to meet the needs of jet customers with the goal of setting a higher standard for the quality of the ownership experience.
“Honda is a company with a rich heritage of bringing high quality, innovative products to market,” said James K. Bass, president and CEO of Piper Aircraft, Inc. “This business alliance is a perfect fit given the commitment both Piper and Honda have to providing our respective customers with world class products and services.
Honda began operations in North America in 1959 with the establishment of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Honda's first overseas subsidiary.
world.honda.com /news/2006/c060725HondaJet   (831 words)

  
 GE - Aviation: Honda and General Electric Form Strategic Alliance in the Business Jet Engine Market   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Honda is one of today's leading manufacturers of automobiles and power products, and the largest manufacture of motorcycles in the world.
GE is a diversified technology and services company dedicated to creating products that make life better, from aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, television programming and plastics.
GE is the only company listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Index today that was also included in the original index in 1896.
www.geae.com /aboutgeae/presscenter/other/other_20040216.html   (719 words)

  
 Cincinnati USA chosen for GE/Honda joint venture - Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber
General Electric Co. (GE), and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) have formally established a new joint venture company, GE Honda Aero Engines LLC, which is pursuing the launch of Honda's HF118 turbofan engine in the light business jet market.
GE Honda Aero Engines will be responsible for commercial turbofan engines ranging in thrust from 1,000 to 3,500 pounds.
Honda and GE envision a future market of approximately 200 or more of these business jets annually.
www.cincinnatichamber.com /ecodev_b.aspx?id=178   (542 words)

  
 GE, Honda partner to build jet engine
GE Aircraft Engines is teaming up with Honda Motor Co. to develop a new, compact jet engine that someday could bring jet flights to small, community airports.
GE and Honda said they see a potential annual market of at least 200 such jets.
GE chairman Jeff Immelt and others have talked about the potential of these so-called "micro-jets'' as unscheduled "air taxis'' which could bring jet service to small community airports now limited to propeller and turbo-prop aircraft.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/02/17/biz_biz1ge.html   (494 words)

  
 NBAA 2004: It’s official: GE Honda forms to build HF118   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The CEOs of Honda Motor Co. and GE Transportation, a division of General Electric Co., signed the definitive agreement yesterday morning here at the convention to create GE Honda Aero Engines LLC, a joint company that will pursue the launch of Honda’s HF118 turbofan engine for the light business jet market.
Honda and GE had previously announced their strategic alliance plan last February.
GE Honda Aero Engines’ first product is the 1,600-pound-thrust HF118 engine, which is being offered to OEMs developing four- to six-passenger business jets.
www.ainonline.com /Publications/nbaa/NBAA_04/d2gehondap1.html   (557 words)

  
 General Electric Co
GE Honda Aero Engines is fully engaged in discussions with airframe manufacturers as potential launch customers, development of the technology roadmap for engine certification, and establishment of a manufacturing infrastructure.
"The relationship between GE and Honda has progressed quickly and smoothly because of strong mutual trust and the fact that we are both very confident that this new company will be very successful.
Then, a Honda leader assumes the president role for a three-year period, with the executive vice president from GE.
www.abnews.us /en/2004-162/08.htm   (687 words)

  
 GE - Aviation: GE Honda Aero Engines Continues to Improve HF118 Engine Performance (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
GE Honda Aero Engines LLC is a 50/50 joint venture company formed in late 2004 to manufacture and market the HF118 family of commercial turbofan engines ranging in thrust from 1,000 to 3,500 pounds.
Additional tests this year at both Honda and GE will further demonstrate engine performance and durability, as well as improvements in the compressor and turbine areas.
GE Honda Aero Engines LLC teams GE Transportation, the world's largest manufacturer of jet engines, with Honda Aero, Inc., a wholly owned Honda Motor Co., Ltd. subsidiary, established to manage Honda's aviation engine business.
www.geae.com.cob-web.org:8888 /aboutgeae/presscenter/other/gehonda_20050517.html   (607 words)

  
 FLUG REVUE Aircraft Gallery: Honda HondaJet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Michimasa Fujino, the chief engineer who has led development of HondaJet and spent the past 20 years in Honda's aviation activities with Honda R&D Co., Ltd., was assigned as the president and CEO to prepare for the full operation start of the new company from October.
Honda Aircraft Company was to begin taking sales orders for HondaJet in the fall of 2006, with the goal of delivering the first mass production HondaJet in 2010.
Honda officially began sales activities for the HondJet on 17 October 2006 during the NBAA convention at Orlando.
www.flug-revue.rotor.com /FRTypen/FRHondaJ.htm   (822 words)

  
 Green Car Congress: HondaJet to Attend Full EAA Airventure 2006
Honda is bringing the very light jet HondaJet to this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
The HF118 Turbofan Engine-equipped HondaJet experimental compact jet is the first Honda-developed aircraft to be outfitted with a Honda engine, now being refined in a joint venture with GE.
GE Honda Aero Engines intends to sell the HF118 to other aircraft manufacturers as well as see it applied in the HondaJet.
www.greencarcongress.com /2006/06/hondajet_to_att.html   (1813 words)

  
 hondanews.com > Honda and General Electric form strategic alliance in the business jet engine market
The basic agreement was signed today at Honda Motor headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, by Takeo Fukui, President and CEO of Honda Motor, and David Calhoun, President and CEO of GE Transportation, a business unit of GE, which is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
Honda started its jet engine and aircraft projects in 1986, and has been developing the lightweight HF118 engine, in the 1,000 to 3,500-pound thrust class, since 1999.
GE (NYSE: GE) is a diversified technology and services company dedicated to creating products that make life better, from aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, television programming and plastics.
www.hondanews.com /CatID1018?mid=2004021630720&mime=asc&archives=t   (744 words)

  
 Honda Orlando
Honda Integra (Japan) - The Honda Integra was the successor to the rather odd Honda Quint, a five-door hatchback off the Accord platform and using bodywork from the Honda Civic which was known outside Japan as the Honda Quintet.
Honda Integra (Europe) - The Honda Integra was the successor to the rather odd Honda Quint, a five-door hatchback off the Accord platform and using bodywork from the Honda Civic which was known outside Japan as the Honda Quintet.
Honda Orlando South Florida Rothstein Home - Honda Orlando GE Honda Aero Engines LLC - GE Honda Aero Engines LLC (or GE Honda) is a Cincinnati, Ohio-based joint venture between GE Aircraft Engines and Honda Aero.
www.wegman-benefit.com /hondaorlando.html   (774 words)

  
 The Cincinnati Post
GE Transportation has formed a Cincinnati-based joint venture with Honda Motor Co. to launch an engine to power light business jets.
GE Honda Aero Engines is already in discussions with manufacturers about using Honda's engine in a new business jet and hopes to announce a customer within a year, Kennedy said.
Honda and GE are projecting a future market for about 200 light business jets a year.
www.cincypost.com /2004/10/13/honda101304.html   (385 words)

  
 The Oakland Press: Auto/Business: Honda to start building jet engines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Honda Aero also holds a 50 percent share of GE Honda Aero Engines LLC, the new joint venture with General Electric Co., which the two companies set up to commercialize the HF118 turbofan jet engine developed by the Japanese automaker.
GE Honda Aero Engines, however, is now engaged in discussions with aircraft manufacturers in an effort to get the engine launched and also development of a road map for engine certification, as well as the establishment of a manufacturing infrastructure.
Meanwhile, GE in recent years has been engaged in jet engine development activities unprecedented in our history, including the creation of a family of new engines for regional jets.
www.theoaklandpress.com /stories/101404/bus_20041014021.shtml   (653 words)

  
 Honda is said to be ready for the aviation market - Business - International Herald Tribune
Honda Motor, the world's largest maker of engines for autos, motorcycles and power products, on Tuesday was set to announce its formal entrance to the aviation market with a six-passenger corporate jet, according to a person familiar with the plan.
Honda has designed a piston engine for small propeller-driven aircraft, and discussed a separate venture with Teledyne Technologies to jointly manufacture and sell it.
Honda has been conducting test flights since 2003, when it also trademarked the HondaJet name, according to a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
www.iht.com /articles/2006/07/25/business/hondajet.php   (478 words)

  
 Honda After Market Part
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ho47.goednieuwskrant.com /hondaaftermarketpart.html   (1195 words)

  
 GE Honda Aero Engines: GE Honda Aero Engines Continues to Improve HF118 Engine Performance
GE Honda Aero Engines LLC has recently completed component and engine core tests to validate several new enhancements to the performance of its HF118 turbofan engine for light business aircraft.
The HF118 fan is being enhanced with high-flow, wide-chord swept aerodynamic technology already service-proven on the GE90-115B, the world's most powerful engine, and on the GEnx engine currently being developed.
Honda and GE envision annual sales of at least 200 of these aircraft, flown by owner-operators and fractional owners, as well as "air- taxi" operations serving small airports not serviced by major airlines.
www.gehonda.com /company/news/general/17may2005.html   (618 words)

  
 AIN Online: New Business Aircraft: Honda jet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Honda jet–Over the past few years Honda has been quietly developing a six- to eight-place very light twinjet.
But it was a bit difficult to keep quiet its first flight on December 3 last year from Greensboro Airport, N.C. Since then, the Japanese industrial giant has again remained tight lipped about the progress of the test trials, though it recently presented a white paper at an aerospace engineering conference.
While Honda claims it has “no business plan” to manufacture the business jet, in February the company formed a partnership with GE to certify, produce and market the homegrown 1,670-pound-thrust HF118 turbofan that powers the HondaJet.
www.ainonline.com /Features/newbusinessaircraft02/nba_hondajet.html   (199 words)

  
 GE Honda Aero Engines
A new class of light jet engines being commercialized by GE Honda Aero Engines could help to change business transportation.
With the HF118, GE Honda Aero Engines is combining Honda's renowned reliability and innovation in performance engines with GE's expertise in aviation engine design, maturation, and testing processes for the high cycle demands of airlines and regional jets.
GE Honda Aero Engines LLC is a 50/50 joint company owned by The General Electric Company and Honda Aero, Inc.
www.gehonda.com /verylightjet.html   (354 words)

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