0 commentsI still love the web design of this newspaper's articlesInternational Herald Tribune - Look, up in the sky, it's a - Honda?. article link per joi ito - check out his moblog from the World Economic forum!
The article talks about Honda's only recently un-secret private aircraft project. It's certainly competition to the Eclipse 500, which is supposed to be a breakthrough sub-$1 million jet-powered aircraft (tick-tock, tick-tock). More on Vern Raburn and his company, EclipseWIRED: "One of the pioneers of personal computing has a plan to reinvent aviation. Now if he can just get the future of flying off the ground ". Flashback to Eclipse at Oshkosh 2000 (1"Everyone we hung out with was always talking about this new Eclipse 500. Why so much hype? Mainly because it's a sub-$1 million jet with room for two pilots and four passengers. It'll be out in 2003, but if you want one there's a waiting list through 2005.", 2"Here I am with Dr. Sam Williams (L), CEO Williams International, and Mr. Vern Raburn (R), CEO of Eclipse Aviation. Interesting notes about these guys- Dr. Williams developed the jet engine for the cruise missile, also being used in the Eclipse 500. Mr. Raburn was one of the original Microsoft employees (#18) and even had Gates as his best man at his wedding. Raburn is also the former CEO of Symantec.").
