03 August 2008

Speaking of the Eclipse 400.....

The CEO and founder of Eclipse Aviation Vern Raburn has stepped down. It appears that their major backer European Technology and Investment Research Center Aviation (ETIRC) made this a condition of additional funding.

As a part of the leadership change, there is an announcement that their Eclipse 400 single engine VLJ is not a done deal.

Eclipse is not even close to approaching its intended production rate for the Eclipse 500, 4 planes a day, it's currently at less than 1, and I think that ETIRC wants to get the ducks in a row on the 500 before moving on the 400.

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