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A personal watercraft (PWC), also called Jet Ski or water scooter, is a primarily recreational watercraft that is designed to hold only a small number of occupants, who sit or stand on top of the craft, not within the craft as in a boat. Prominent brands of PWCs include Jet Skis and Sea-Doos. PWCs have two style categories.
[14] [15] The debut attracted strong interest, and convinced Honda executives to commercialize the HondaJet, which Honda publicly announced at the following year's AirVenture. [16] [17] In 2006, Honda announced the commercialization of the jet with a first delivery then planned for 2010. [18] At the time, pricing was set at $3.65 million. [19]
Jet Ski is the brand name of a personal watercraft (PWC) [1] manufactured by Kawasaki, [2] a Japanese company. [3] The term is often used generically to refer to any type of personal watercraft used mainly for recreation, and it is also used as a verb to describe the use of any type of PWC.
A Wetbike appears in the 1986 comedy Police Academy 3: Back in Training, in which a group of them and Kawasaki JS550 stand up jet skis were used by the police to chase down thieves in speedboats during the movie's ending chase scene. In the 1990 George Clooney film Red Surf, a Wetbike is used by a gang of surfers to transport cocaine.
Honda Aircraft Company is an aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, responsible for the production of the HondaJet family of aircraft. Originally a secret research project within Honda R&D, Honda Aircraft Company was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Honda Motor Company in August 2006 under the leadership of HondaJet designer Michimasa Fujino. [2]
An HF120 engine mounted above the wing of a Honda HA-420 HondaJet. Succeeding Honda's original HF118 prototype, the HF120 was undergoing testing in July 2008, with certification targeted for late 2009. [2] The first engines were produced at GE's factory, but in November 2014 production shifted to Burlington, North Carolina. [3]
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First produced that year, the WaveRunner (then called Marine Jet 500T) was the world's first saddle watercraft, a model which today dominates the market. In 1987, the handlebars mounted on an articulated arm, characteristic of hand watercraft, were replaced by a fixed handlebar on the WaveJammer 500 (Marine Jet 500S).