“We will renew the dream and build this high-tech supercar right here in Marysville, Ohio, says Honda of America chief executive, Hidenobu Iwata.

Hundreds of employees cheered Iwata as he announced the company will spend $70-million to build the Acura NSX in Marysville. The NSX was manufactured in Japan from 1990 to 2005. Governor John Kasich called Honda’s decision a “home run” for Ohio.

“This is as good as it gets. I mean this is Ohio really continuing to be defined as cool, a cool place to be. So hopefully a lot of these young people on the coasts will want to come to a place like Marysville,” says Kasich.

Honda will use 100 existing workers to develop the car. A concept model on display is low-slung, seats two, features LED headlights and a speckled metallic finish. Spokesman Ron Lietzke says Honda’s skilled workforce in Ohio and its existing supply chain convinced top executive to produce the car in Marysville. It will be Honda’s 3rd auto plant in the state. Lietzke says the NSX will hit showrooms in 2015.

“We’re two years away from producing the car. So as we get closer to production we’ll be evaluating what the market is and what the actual sales will be. We’re also not going to be announcing the price of the vehicle until we get closer to the on sale timing in about two years.” Says spokesman Ron Lietzke.

Lietzke says Ohio will be the only assembly plant for the NSX. So, some of the cars produced at Marysville will be exported.

“This is a 1972 Bellanca Super Viking,” says Ed Rusch, the manager of the Union County Airport in Marysville, as he walks through the airport hanger.

“All of the gadgetry that you see on the panel there — all the knobs and buttons and such — it makes this airplane capable to operate within the Air Traffic Control system,” Rusch says.

And that means it will be subject to the new fee. Rusch says $100 per-flight will add up quickly for planes like the Bellanca that are used regularly.

Well, if you consider they go once a week. They have to go out and they have to come back, so that’s $10,400 a year. If they operate in the system.

If they operate in the system, Rusch says, because the new fee could push pilots to skirt the law.

The FAA permits flights without notice during good weather conditions, but requires pilots to report takeoffs and landings when conditions worsen.

“If you are forced in inclement weather to file a flight plan and work with the FAA in the Air Traffic Control system and it costs you an extra $100, there are going to be a lot of people who aren’t going to do that. They’re just going to take off.”

The FAA and the White House did not respond to repeated requests for comment, but the budget proposal says the fee is intended to better distribute the cost of air traffic services. The agency says it’s essential for those who benefit from our world-class aviation system help pay for it.

Selana Shilad is Executive Director of the Alliance for Aviation Across America, a trade group that represents smaller airport like Union County. They oppose the fee because she says airports and companies that drive the industry already pay more than their fair share.

“It would be very detrimental to them, particularly during an economic downturn, in terms of the extra tax burden, but also because of the additional administrative burden that it would levy open them.”

Shilad says the fee would apply to more than just small commercial aviation, but even smaller businesses like some crop dusters and surveying businesses.

It would apply to flight schools, businesses, and a lot of different operators, including some who do medical transport, as well.

Shilad says her group is watching for possible talks of the fees during the current tax and spending negotiations in Washington. 28 Senators sent a letter to the White House earlier this year to officially oppose the fee.

The auto giant cut production and staff hours at plants around the U.S. and Canada in the days after the March tsunami devastated several parts suppliers in Japan. That’s been especially tough for Union and Logan counties, where Honda is by far the largest employer. But company spokesman Ron Lietzke says cleanup has gone better than expected, and workers will go back to work full time at the beginning of August.

“That includes the production here in Ohio at our two auto plants here, as well as in Alabama, Indiana, Canada and Mexico,” Lietzke says.

The parts shortage has already slashed production by about 126,000 cars and trucks. Lietzke says workers will do their best to make that up.