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The initial price for the 550 in 2011 was US$2.695M and production was intended at that time to be 50–100 aircraft per year. [3] The aircraft achieved an FAA production certificate in April 2012. [10] In June 2013 the FAA approved the Eclipse 550 for a fatigue limit of 20,000 hours or 20,000 cycles with an unlimited calendar life. [11]
The first Eclipse 550 was rolled out in March 2013 and the first customer delivery was on 22 October 2013. [38] [39] [40] 2014. The Eclipse 550 was certified in March 2014, and 32 jets were delivered, with over 50% gross margin per aircraft on those with pre-existing inventory and 30% on future aircraft. [41]
The One Aviation Corporation, stylized as ONE Aviation, was a company formed in 2015 to merge the aircraft manufacturers Eclipse Aerospace and Kestrel Aircraft. The company had its headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. One Aviation produced the Eclipse 550 very light jet from 2015–2018, and was developing the Eclipse 700.
The PhostrEx fire suppression system addresses many of the problems with halon, from system weight to environmental concerns. These concerns, including halon's ozone-depleting and global warming characteristics, prompted the Montreal Protocol to outlaw its use.
In June 2015, the Eclipse Aerospace division of One Aviation discontinued the Total Eclipse refurbishment program and started a new program, designating it the Eclipse Special Edition (SE). The SE upgrades the production model Eclipse 500 to near-Eclipse 550 standards. Installed are dual Avio integrated flight management systems, anti-skid ...
Hilton's falls-facing rooms, which typically cost about C$200 a night, were priced at more than C$1,000 for the eclipse period. Prices at Marriott's Sheraton Hotel were upwards of C$1,000 a night ...
Eclipse 550. Eclipse Aerospace opened for business in the old Eclipse Aviation facilities on 1 September 2009, with 15 employees, [132] [133] [134] and began deliveries of the Eclipse 550 in March 2014, completing a total of 12 deliveries by the end of the first year. April 2015–present
Prices for the cosmic latte ($4 to $6, depending on size) and 226.6 roast ($19 a pound) match the shop’s year-round levels because, as owner Mary Jo Bammel put it, “I don’t like it when I go ...