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Title: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: JMM on December 16, 2003, 11:25:46 am
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/031216/as_fin_com_japan_honda_jet_25.html

Gotta love those Japanese automakers...  
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: BortaS on December 16, 2003, 02:22:01 pm
Toyota toyed with aircraft for a while as well.  The corporate jet market is not something easily broken into.  Citation has a firm hold on the light jet market.  What I always think is funny is that everyone still calls any business jet a Lear.  Any more Lear is yesterday's news, and doesn't measure up to citation.  They even shut the production line down for a bit last year.
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: The Postman on December 16, 2003, 02:36:20 pm
   
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: JMM on December 16, 2003, 10:03:37 pm
Hey Borta, what is the light jet that has raised wingtips and when it first rolled out, it could fly from N.Y. to Moscow without refueling? I can't remember the name or manufacturer, but I remember they were BIG bucks...  
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: BortaS on December 16, 2003, 10:30:35 pm
Quote:

Hey Borta, what is the light jet that has raised wingtips and when it first rolled out, it could fly from N.Y. to Moscow without refueling? I can't remember the name or manufacturer, but I remember they were BIG bucks...  



I bet you're talking  about the Gulfstream V.    
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: JMM on December 16, 2003, 10:34:25 pm
Yuppers, thanks! I'll never own one, Those babys cost more than I could ever make in a lifetime.  
Title: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: JMM on December 16, 2003, 11:25:46 am
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/031216/as_fin_com_japan_honda_jet_25.html

Gotta love those Japanese automakers...  
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: BortaS on December 16, 2003, 02:22:01 pm
Toyota toyed with aircraft for a while as well.  The corporate jet market is not something easily broken into.  Citation has a firm hold on the light jet market.  What I always think is funny is that everyone still calls any business jet a Lear.  Any more Lear is yesterday's news, and doesn't measure up to citation.  They even shut the production line down for a bit last year.
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: The Postman on December 16, 2003, 02:36:20 pm
   
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: JMM on December 16, 2003, 10:03:37 pm
Hey Borta, what is the light jet that has raised wingtips and when it first rolled out, it could fly from N.Y. to Moscow without refueling? I can't remember the name or manufacturer, but I remember they were BIG bucks...  
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: BortaS on December 16, 2003, 10:30:35 pm
Quote:

Hey Borta, what is the light jet that has raised wingtips and when it first rolled out, it could fly from N.Y. to Moscow without refueling? I can't remember the name or manufacturer, but I remember they were BIG bucks...  



I bet you're talking  about the Gulfstream V.    
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: JMM on December 16, 2003, 10:34:25 pm
Yuppers, thanks! I'll never own one, Those babys cost more than I could ever make in a lifetime.  
Title: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: JMM on December 16, 2003, 11:25:46 am
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/031216/as_fin_com_japan_honda_jet_25.html

Gotta love those Japanese automakers...  
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: BortaS on December 16, 2003, 02:22:01 pm
Toyota toyed with aircraft for a while as well.  The corporate jet market is not something easily broken into.  Citation has a firm hold on the light jet market.  What I always think is funny is that everyone still calls any business jet a Lear.  Any more Lear is yesterday's news, and doesn't measure up to citation.  They even shut the production line down for a bit last year.
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: The Postman on December 16, 2003, 02:36:20 pm
   
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: JMM on December 16, 2003, 10:03:37 pm
Hey Borta, what is the light jet that has raised wingtips and when it first rolled out, it could fly from N.Y. to Moscow without refueling? I can't remember the name or manufacturer, but I remember they were BIG bucks...  
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: BortaS on December 16, 2003, 10:30:35 pm
Quote:

Hey Borta, what is the light jet that has raised wingtips and when it first rolled out, it could fly from N.Y. to Moscow without refueling? I can't remember the name or manufacturer, but I remember they were BIG bucks...  



I bet you're talking  about the Gulfstream V.    
Title: Re: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's HondaJet?
Post by: JMM on December 16, 2003, 10:34:25 pm
Yuppers, thanks! I'll never own one, Those babys cost more than I could ever make in a lifetime.