HondaJet Stalls Again With One-Year Delay to 2013 on Engine Redo
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Honda Motor Co. suffered a new setback to its HondaJet small aircraft as engine damage forced a redesign that will delay the first delivery until mid-2013, almost a year later than the previous schedule.
Ice ingested during ground testing caused “very minor damage” and a slight loss of thrust, Honda Aircraft Co. President Michimasa Fujino said yesterday at the National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas. General Electric Co. is Honda’s partner on the engine.