G2 Solutions @ April 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Roel Pieper’s European Technology and Investment Research Center has filed for bankruptcy, putting the final nail in the Eclipse 500 coffin. Plans for European and Russian E500 production have now been canceled. In the meantime, a group of E500 owners has filed in court to have the Eclipse Bankruptcy Trustee release all IP related [...]
G2 Solutions @ November 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
From Flight
The European Aviation Safety Agency has certified the Eclipse 500very light jet in Europe, opening the company to sales in the 37 European Union countries and providing a much needed marketing boost for the embattled US airframer.
G2 Solutions @ November 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Another sign that things are progressing downhill in ABQ. According to this Avweek story, Eclipse has not only reduced their customer support hours, but has also informed customers that they may not be able to provide specific parts due to suppliers refusal to ship to Eclipse until payments have been received.
G2 Solutions @ November 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
It looks increasingly unlikely that the Adam 700 light Jet will do a lazarus. AAI is coming to terms with market realities, and the market is not looking pretty to say the least. Whilst Adam had started to rehire over the past few months (from Eclipse interestingly enough), it now looks like most rehired staff [...]
G2 Solutions @ August 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
This is further bad news for Eclipse
G2 Solutions @ August 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
It would appear that Vern Raburn, founder and ex CEO of Eclipse Aviation has definitely moved on according to this report from Business Aviation Now.
This is probably not the last we hear from Mr. Raburn and his decisions while he was in charge of the troubled Eclipse organization.
G2 Solutions @ August 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
This will come as no surprise to aerospace analysts. A combination of delays, cancellations, refunds and flat sales are driving the Eclipse product down. Real orders probably do not exceed 700-800 aircraft for the E500 and less than a 100 for the E400. Bankruptcy protection might just be the ingredient needed to rethink the company [...]
G2 Solutions @ July 31, 2008 # No Comment Yet
An Eclipse 500 aircraft has been involved in a serious event at Chester County Airport in Pennsylvania. Both passengers escaped unhurt.
mmerluzeau @ July 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Not totally unexpected news. Read the Avweek story here
mmerluzeau @ July 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
This is rather welcome news for Eclipse. It is however quite surprising that this issue did not come up during flight testing of the E500. From the interview of the pilot in command that day, it is clear that training and experience played a significant role in the ability of the pilot to recover from [...]
