Maintenance and Modifications
Eclipse Aerospace comes out of shadow
The Eclipse 500 very light jet has been a business aviation icon for much of its troubled life but the program is still very much alive, according to Eclip

The Eclipse 500 very light jet has been a business aviation icon for much of its troubled life but the program is still very much alive, according to Eclipse Aerospace co-founder and executive vice president Mike Press. Speaking at an EBACE maintenance and operators conference yesterday, Press made it clear that the five-passenger twinjet, which was rescued from bankruptcy as part of Eclipse Aviation last December, has real prospects here in Europe. |

The original Eclipse company spent more than $1 billion in development and the production of 260 EA500s but ceased production and operation in February 2009 due to lack of funds. After buying the assets of the bankrupt Eclipse Aviation, Press and Mason Holland, who were both EA500 customers, reopened the company as Eclipse Aerospace and restarted operations on September 4 last year.