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Training and Workforce

UND aerospace to help train Eclipse pilots

Eclipse Aviation introduced an in-house mandatory training program for customers of its Eclipse 500 very light twinjet that includes pilot qualification an
Maintenance and Modifications

Eclipse, Safire Owners Guaranteed Cost Coverage

Online air-taxi broker CharterAuction.com has launched a program in which it will guarantee future owners of the Eclipse 500 and Safire S-26 twin-engine en
Aircraft

Eclipse sees light of day as prototype preps for first flight

Under a bowl of scorching blue New Mexico sky, Eclipse Aviation rolled out the first Eclipse 500 at its Albuquerque facility on July 13–one big step toward
Aircraft

New investor secured, Eclipse adds manufacturing facility

Eclipse Aviation secured a new source of financing from Etirc Aviation that resulted in sale of a minority stake in Eclipse to the new investors.
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Training and Workforce

Sabena Offering Third-Party Eclipse 500 Training

Mesa (Ariz.) Falcon Field-based Sabena Airline Training Center (SATC) yesterday received Eclipse 500 type-rating training approval from the FAA, making it
Aircraft

Eclipse and Williams part ways; new engine selection imminent

The termination of the agreement between Eclipse Aviation and Williams International, announced the day before Thanksgiving, is seen as a major setback for
Charter & Fractional

Linear Air Buys Early Eclipse Slot

Charter operator Linear Air has 30 Eclipse 500s on order, with first deliveries scheduled for September, but the company bought an earlier serial number ai
Aircraft

PC in hand, Eclipse steps up production

As of mid-May, Eclipse Aviation had begun construction of Eclipse 500 number 62, and numbers 15 and 16 had received their certificates of airworthiness, ac
Aircraft

Eclipse delivers first customer Model 500

After an extended gestation period and months of uncertainty about first delivery, Eclipse Aviation delivered its first production very light jet (VLJ).
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Aircraft

Eclipse Gets TIA, but Supplier Problem Looms

An ongoing “supplier problem” is casting a shadow over Eclipse Aviation’s receipt of its first type inspection authorization (TIA) from the FAA earlier thi