Odd biz-jet got its start at MSU

The HondaJet, which defines aviation logic with engines in a “sweet spot” above the wings making it aerodynamically superior, is on the brink of breaking into the American market with a nod from the Federal Aviation Administration. The idea for the odd commercial jet began 27 years ago in a Mississippi airport hangar with then-Mississippi State University aeronautical engineer Michimasa Fujino. If the FAA gives the go-ahead, Fujino’s Honda Aircraft Company will become the first new business to get U.S. approval in the $21 billion business-jet market since 2006. Source: Bloomberg News, July 19, 2013.