Eclipse Aviation will have in play its revolutionary minijet, the Eclipse 500, by mid-2006.
In the Eclipse 500 we quickly climbed to 40, 000 feet, higher than commercial airliners usually fly.
Last month I flew the Eclipse 500 at the company's home base, Albuquerque International Sunport Airport.
The new jet, christened the Eclipse 500, is to weigh only 2, 550 pounds, empty.
The convective turbulence pummeled the little Eclipse 500, but the ride wasn't too bad.
There I'd give my luncheon speech and then remount the Eclipse 500 for another flight to New Orleans.
Presto: Arrangements were made for me to fly the Eclipse 500 from this airstrip in Hayward, Wis.
Vern Raburn, a former Microsoft executive, has set up Eclipse Aviation in Albuquerque to make the Eclipse 500.
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Presto: Arrangements were made for me to fly the Eclipse 500 from an airstrip in Hayward, Wisconsin to Albuquerque.
The editors of Flying magazine are watching the Eclipse 500 with skeptical eyes.
Presto: Arrangements were made for me to fly the Eclipse 500 from an airstrip in Hayward, Wis. to Albuquerque.
In the Eclipse 500, the safety pilot, Jeff French, and I quickly climbed to 40, 000 feet, higher than commercial airliners usually fly.
One of the sponsors of my Albuquerque speech was Eclipse Aviation, which makes the world's first very light jet, the Eclipse 500.
Certification and delivery of the Eclipse 500 is now expected in 2006.
With Eclipse Aviation test pilot Terry Tomeny sitting in the right seat, I flew the newly certified Eclipse 500 off Albuquerque Sunport's Runway 8.
Cessna will wade into the market later this year with its four-passenger Mustang, which is larger than the Eclipse 500 but smaller than the A700.
Emerging at the smaller end are a new generation of little six-seaters such as the Eclipse 500, the Adam 700, and the Cessna Mustang.
Months later I had recovered enough to fly a test model of the Eclipse 500 jet in the skies over Albuquerque and climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge with Steve Forbes.
Because the Eclipse 500 sports two bongo drums, compared with the Malibu's one prop, perhaps a better comparison would be the Beech Baron 58, considered the best twin-piston plane in the world.
With Eclipse Aviation test pilot Terry Tomeny sitting in the right seat, I flew the newly certified Eclipse 500--the pioneer in a new category of "very light jets"--off Albuquerque International Sunport's runway 8.
Eclipse claims 1, 000-plus cash deposits from owner-pilots and 1, 500 or so orders from air-taxi operators such as DayJet.
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