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General information | |
Type | Experimental aircraft |
Manufacturer | Honda Mississippi State University |
Status | Retired |
Number built | 1 |
History | |
First flight | 5 March 1993 |
TheHonda MH02 was anexperimentalbusiness jet built byHonda, in cooperation withMississippi State University, to researchengine placement andcomposite construction. The prototype was completed in 1992, making its first flight on 5 March 1993.
The MH02 was never intended for production, but was nonetheless the first all-composite light business jet to fly; by 1996 over 170 test flight hours were accumulated on the airframe. Aside from the already unusual above-the-wing engine mounts, the design features aT-tail and aforward-swept wing.[1] The aircraft was deregistered and exported to Japan in 1998.[2][3]
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