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The Honda Aircraft Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company that has developed the prototype HondaJet and is slated to manufacture and market the production version of the aircraft. The company was formed as a separate entity in August 2006 under the leadership of president and CEO Michimasa Fujino.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2015-01-23 )〕 On October 10, 2011, Honda announced at the National Business Aviation Association Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Fla, that the company would construct an 80,000-square-foot customer service facility near the world headquarters as an expansion of Honda Aircraft Company’s world headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. The $80 million expansion is expected to and add over 400 jobs to the city.〔http://www.midwestflyer.com/?p=3608〕 The corporate headquarters are located at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, where the prototype HondaJet was also developed and flight tested. In February, 2007, the Honda Aircraft Company announced plans to build a office and manufacturing facility in Greensboro to support HondaJet production for deliveries in 2010. In April, 2009, the company announced a delayed schedule with test flights in early 2010 and deliveries beginning in late 2011.〔(Triad Business Journal | HondaJet delays delivery of first light jet )〕 In August 2010, Honda announced further delays: test flights would begin in November, but actually happened on December 21, 2010 and first deliveries to customers will be in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2010-08-17 )〕 While progress is being made, with FAA type inspection authorization having been granted in December 2013, as of January 2015 the HA-420 HondaJet has not been certificated. The goal is now 2015. ==Products== * Honda HA-420 HondaJet 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Honda Aircraft Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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