Home  Press Releases Aircraft Manufacturers Eclipse 500 Achieves FAA Type Certification
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Eclipse 500 Achieves FAA Type Certification |
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Friday, 28 July 2006 |
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Eclipse Aviation realizes groundbreaking achievement as revolutionary Eclipse 500 jet becomes the world’s first FAA-certified VLJ.
OSHKOSH, WI — July 27, 2006 — General aviation marked a major milestone today as Eclipse Aviation, manufacturer of the revolutionary Eclipse 500 very light jet (VLJ), received provisional type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The company expects to receive the full type certification for the Eclipse 500 by August 30th that will allow day/night, Visual Flight Rules (VFR)/Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), single-pilot and Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums (RVSM) operations throughout the complete operating envelope, and enable the company to start delivering Eclipse 500s to customers.
“We have looked forward to this monumental accomplishment since Eclipse was founded nearly eight years ago,” said Vern Raburn, president and CEO of Eclipse Aviation. “I am incredibly grateful for the tireless efforts of the combined Eclipse-FAA team that guided us to this critical moment in our company’s history. As we celebrate today, we also know that certification is not our destination; the most important measure of our success will be our ability to continue to deliver unprecedented performance, reliability, technology, training and service innovations to our customers for years to come.”
FAA certification was officially granted to the Eclipse 500 on July 27, and the provisional type certificate was presented to Vern Raburn, president and CEO of Eclipse Aviation, by FAA Administrator Marion Blakey in a special ceremony at EAA’s 2006 AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. |
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