The decade-long run that ended in the bankruptcy of Eclipse Aviation and continued development of the Eclipse 500 by successor companies have produced a small but capable twin-engine jet that remains ...

2008 Eclipse 500 [Courtesy: Todd Thompson] This 2008 Eclipse 500 has 1,085 hours on the airframe and on each of its Pratt & Whitney PW610F-A engines. The aircraft is enrolled in the BEI Gold ...

Pratt & Whitney agreed to supply the Eclipse 500 with new engines, and in 2004, the prototype flew for the first time with the Pratt & Whitney PW610F engines. Eventually, the Eclipse 500 was awarded a ...

Since the single-pilot, four-passenger launch of Morane-Saulnier’s MS 760 Paris jet in the 1950s, the Very Light Jet (VLJ) category took another 50 years to mature. Two Cessna aircraft of the ...

It was initially designed with Williams EJ22 engines. However, they proved insufficient as the aircraft's weight increased, and they were replaced by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F engines, ...

They are powered by two lightweight Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F turbofan engines. The jets were first debuted in 1997 by Eclipse Aviation - which was founded by former Microsoft business ...

ONE Aviation’s Eclipse 550 Very Light Jet boasts best-in-class performance, economics, and safety. Flying at up to 41,000ft at a max. cruise of 430mph, all while consuming only 59 gallons of fuel per ...

Eclipse 550 jet above Chicago’s Navy Pier. The Eclipse 550 very light jet boasts best-in-class performance, economics, and safety – meeting the design team’s goal of producing a twin-engine jet that ...

One Aviation also is re-engining the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F turbofans on the Eclipse 550 with Williams International FJ33 engines for the Eclipse 700. Finally, the Eclipse 700 will feature ...

The Williams engine replaces the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F engine that was initially selected for the LAR 1. The company completed the initial taxi test phase with that engine, but the ...