Yes Ian, Honda do indeed have a long way to go to catch Kawasaki in the Aviation field. Kawasaki have been building planes for some 70 years and have some really nice looking ones in their current production range, from the T4 Trainer through to transporters such as the C1. They also have a lot of involvement with with Boeing on the 767 and 777 producing many parts for these planes, in addition to their F2 and F15 Fighters associations.

They also build a range of helicopters and have a lot of involvement in Japanese Space Technology.

A mighty range for one company in a country that does not have any military forces so to speak, but does however have a Defence Force ?????????