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The Eclipse 500 (model EA500) is a very light jet (VLJ) originally produced by Eclipse Aviation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The company was founded in 1998 to develop the 1997 Williams V-Jet II demonstrator.
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 500 Embraer Phenom 100 The Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600 series is a family of small turbofan engines developed by Pratt & Whitney Canada producing between 950 and 1,615 lbf (4.23 and 7.18 kN) of thrust and powering the Eclipse 500 /550, the Cessna Citation Mustang and the Embraer Phenom 100 .
The Cirrus Vision SF50 was the first certified single-engine civilian jet and is the most-produced VLJ with 514 deliveries since 2016.. A very light jet (VLJ), entry-level jet or personal jet, [1] previously known as a microjet, is a category of small business jets that seat four to eight people.
Eclipse Aviation, the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based manufacturer of the Eclipse 500 very light jet and the company that was developing the Eclipse 400 single-engine jet, was founded in 1998 by former tech industry executive Vern Raburn and entered bankruptcy on 25 November 2008.
Eclipse 500 flight test aircraft at Mojave Airport in 2006 Eclipse factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico Eclipse 400 very light jet in 2007. Eclipse Aviation was founded by Vern Raburn in 1998 in Scottsdale, Arizona, and the company started to design the twin-engined Eclipse 500 very light jet.
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The very light jet (VLJ) is a classification initiated by the release of the Eclipse 500, [34] [35] [36] on 31 December 2006, which was originally available at around US$1.5 million, cheaper than existing business jets and comparable with turboprop aircraft.