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Sharp Focus: GE’s New Sustainability Report Underscores Its Mission to Make the World More Energy-Efficient

Chris Noon
June 21, 2023

Over the next 60 seconds, GE’s energy technology, from gas and wind turbines to hydroelectric, will generate enough electricity to supply millions of households for an hour. In that same time, around 30 aircraft equipped with jet engine technology made by GE or one of its partners will take to the skies — one every two seconds.

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It's a Car, It’s Plane, It’s a HondaJet: A Close Look at Honda’s First Business Jet

September 14, 2017
The HondaJet business jet was one of the newest and most eye-catching planes at the EAA AirVentures fly-in extravaganza at Oshkosh, Wis, last summer. It was developed by Honda Aircraft, a subsidiary of the Japanese industrial giant primarily known for car and motorcycles.
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The First Production HondaJet Completes Maiden Flight

July 01, 2014

The first production HondaJet business jet took off from an airstrip at Honda Aircraft’s global headquarters in Greensboro, NC, last Friday. The flight was part of FAA certification and the company expects the aircraft will enter service in 2015.

The maiden voyage also marked GE’s return to the executive jet business, a market the company helped create in the 1960s when engineers converted the J85 military jet engine into propulsion for the first Learjet.

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