Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Honda is joining the ranks of aerospace and auto manufacturers targeting the advanced air mobility eVTOL market, with its Honda R&amp;D Co. spearheading this research project. The company acknowledged the&nbsp;growing eVTOL field—involving a myriad of aerospace companies and tech startups, along with Toyota and Hyundai—but believes it can differentiate with the use of a gas turbine hybrid power unit that will provide a longer range and support intercity transportation—up to 249 miles, in fact.

 


According to Honda, its eVTOL will provide a level of safety equivalent to that of commercial passenger airplanes due to a simple structure and a decentralized propulsive system. It further anticipates a quieter aircraft through the use of small-diameter rotors.

 


While Honda did not provide details of its new aircraft, depictions show eight small propellers distributed on two booms and two ducted propellers in the rear. A companion <a href="https://youtu.be/DsRkzNzxwvo">video</a> shows a 249-mile range using hybrid electric and 62-mile all-electric range.

 


Honda plans to leverage its expertise in areas such as combustion, aerodynamics, and control technologies as well as its backgrounds in electrical, hybrid power, certification, and autonomy that it has developed through its various businesses, the company said.

 


Along with the eVTOL and a&nbsp;hybrid power unit, Honda outlined a vision for a transportation ecosystem that would involve the use of strategically stationed “Honda Mobility Hubs” to serve as base locations connecting various cities. That ecosystem could involve electric and autonomous ground transportation as well, Honda suggests.

 


This new “technology development direction” is part of Honda’s “2030 Vision of serving people worldwide with the ‘joy of expanding their life’s potential,’” the company said, adding it “is thoroughly committed to contributing to the realization of a society with zero environmental impact and zero traffic collisions, and also to new initiatives that enable Honda to take on challenges in new areas.”

 


Honda R&amp;D's&nbsp;development goals further include an avatar robot that can “expand the range of human ability and a new challenge in the field of outer space,” the company also announced.

Honda Planning Hybrid eVTOL for Intercity Travel

Honda's newly unveiled eVTOL would be able to travel 249 miles, connecting Cape Cod to New York.

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