The article features a 2008 Eclipse 500 as "Today's Top Pick" from Aircraft For Sale, appealing to those dreaming of owning a personal jet. The Eclipse 500 is a very light jet (VLJ) conceived in the ...

The Eclipse 500 is the most talked-about business aircraft in years. But what is the very light jet like to fly? We took the controls of a test aircraft Eclipse Aviation aims to provide business-jet ...

If you’re looking for your own private jet, then $1,295,000 will buy you this Eclipse 500, a twin-engine very light jet (VLJ) that can carry six passengers at 408 mph for 1,495 miles on a tank of fuel ...

Eclipse Aviation expects to deliver the first production Eclipse 500 very light jet (VLJ) this week, after receiving full US type certification on 30 September. The aircraft will be handed over to ...

Las Vegas-area-based Aerocor has completed its 150th Eclipse 500 training, 50 for initial type rating and 100 for recurent training in the very light jet. Aerocor has completed its 150th Eclipse 500 ...

Eclipse Aviation has 2,357 total orders for the Eclipse 500 very light jet. This includes options for 765 aircraft secured with non-refundable deposits. The backlog received a recent boost with orders ...

April 1, 2006 The dream of Eclipse Aviation ‘s Vern Raburn has long been to bring the word "personal" into aviation, by building an affordable very-light jet , enabling commercial air passengers to ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Avilution, LLC, an avionics software company headquartered at the Huntsville International Airport, has completed the first successful flight of an ...

Eclipse Aviation announced Saturday hat its E-500 "very light jet" has been fully certified by the Federal Aviation Administration. That means the small aircraft are cleared for delivery to customers.

ECLIPSE AVIATION completed the assembly of the lower cabin of the first Eclipse 500 jet using friction stir welding. Eclipse said it is the first company to use friction stir welding in production of ...