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Eclipse Walks Away From Albany Service Center

Eclipse Aerospace, the reincarnation of defunct Eclipse Aviation, has vacated its $8 million factory service center and told Albany County Airport Authorit

By David A. Lombardo • Contributor

September 9, 2009

Eclipse Aerospace, the reincarnation of defunct Eclipse Aviation, has vacated its $8 million factory service center and told Albany County Airport Authority officials not to expect it to return. Doug Myers, director of public affairs for the Authority, told AIN that five years ago the airport authority began an economic development initiative to attract new businesses and jobs to the Albany, N.Y. airport. It offered hangar leases, remodeling of existing space or building new space for a maintenance facility.

According to Myers, in March 2004 John O’Donnell, CEO of the airport authority, contacted Vern Raburn, CEO of Eclipse Aviation, to discuss the airport’s new economic development program. Eclipse had several other sites on its list; the company selected the location after Empire State Development provided a grant for $100,000 to reduce the cost of machinery and equipment used in the new center. Additionally, Senator Joseph Bruno secured a grant for $1.5 million to the authority to reduce the expense to construct the hangar.

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