In March, Teledyne Continental Motors and Honda announced that they had begun a joint feasibility study "for a next-generation piston aviation engine currently in development by Honda," according to a Honda statement. The company went on to say that TCM and Honda had been testing a prototype Honda aviation engine for two years. A June article in Japan?s Asahi Shimbun newspaper said that Honda plans to seek FAA certification of the new engine starting later this year. The article went on to say that the engine was developed by Honda Research and Development?s motorcycle division. The engine, according to the article, has a four-cylinder, horizontally opposed configuration, electronic controls, and runs on unleaded auto gas.

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