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Eclipse 500 prototype flight test in 2006 United States. The Eclipse 500 received provisional type certification from the FAA on 27 July 2006, shortly after the aircraft's PW610F engine was certified by Transport Canada. FAA Administrator Marion Blakey presented Raburn with the provisional certificate in a special ceremony at the 2006 Oshkosh ...
Williams had not intended to produce the aircraft, but it attracted a lot of attention, and Eclipse Aviation was founded in 1998 to further develop and produce the aircraft. The airframe was significantly redesigned as an all-metal structure sporting a T-tail, and the name Eclipse 500. The prototype flew with a pair of EJ-22 engines, a variant ...
The aircraft is a development version of the Eclipse 500, which was produced by predecessor Eclipse Aviation. Like the 500, the 550 is a low-wing, six seat, twin engine jet-powered aircraft. [3] The Eclipse 550 is certified for single-pilot operation. The aircraft was announced at the National Business Aviation Association convention in Las ...
DayJet Eclipse 500. DayJet was an American commercial aviation operation that provided on-demand jet travel using Eclipse 500 very light jets.Founded by Ed Iacobucci, the former leader of the IBM-Microsoft Joint OS/2 development team IBM executive and the founder of Citrix Systems, and his wife, network architect Nancy Lee Iacobucci, [2] DayJet launched in October 2007.
Eclipse over the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: See the eclipse around Indianapolis: Photos of the solar event, crowds Show comments
1996: Hundreds of people observe an eclipse in Toulouse, France, (Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images) (AFP via Getty Images) 1998: The corona of the sun is visible around the moon during a total ...
Eclipse mania is approaching fever pitch as people with the best laid plans — and those who have yet to make them, too — strategize to get a clear view on April 8. The eclipse is less than a ...
Eclipse Aviation plant, Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 2007 Eclipse 500. The history of Eclipse Aviation is the story of the largest financial failure in the history of general aviation, one that experts have predicted will leave a lasting impact on the aerospace industry.