Continuing turbulence puts Eclipse on defensive
A little more than two years have passed since the Eclipse 500 very light jet received FAA certification, and since then manufacturer Eclipse Aviation (Boo

A little more than two years have passed since the Eclipse 500 very light jet received FAA certification, and since then manufacturer Eclipse Aviation (Booth No. 250) has climbed the dizzying heights of volume business jet production and faced the challenge of insufficient funding to carry out its mission to build thousands of new VLJs.

The pioneering company, which launched the very light jet era less than a decade ago when it started taking orders for a new breed of personal jet, reached a peak in July of this year, building nearly one Eclipse 500 VLJ per day and delivering more than 245 since entry-into-service began in late 2006.

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