Honda motor president Takeo Fukui, when he's not fixated on selling the world more Civics and Accords, dreams about airplanes for the masses. It's a dream his predecessors had quietly and carefully tended since founder Soichiro Honda spoke of his ambition to build an aircraft in the early 1960s. Now, at last, the dream is taking shape. Without much fanfare Honda has built a remarkably efficient jet engine and ultralight airframe that could be put together to make a personal airplane. It would be the biggest revolution in travel since the commercial jet.
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