Honda Motor Co. has developed a small jet plane and plans to test fly it in the United States by Dec. 17, the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' flight.
The Honda Jet is 12.5 meters in length and can accommodate between six and eight people, company officials said Friday.
It is designed primarily for company use and has a range of about 2,000 km, they said.
Honda does not plan to sell the jet commercially, a company spokesman said.
Producing an airplane was a dream of late company founder Soichiro Honda.
Honda successfully conducted test flights of planes powered by an engine made by other companies between 1993 and 1996.