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Owners search for way to keep Eclipses flying

Although a number of

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

April 30, 2009

Although a number of
proposals have been floated to buy the assets of bankrupt very light jet manufacturer Eclipse Aviation, none has attracted enough support or interest from the bankruptcy court to receive final approval. The efforts include: Eclipse Jet, founded by Eclipse 500 owner and reseller Mike Press as well as depositor Mason Holland and former Eclipse chairman Roel Pieper; Eclipse Services and Support, a non-profit cooperative effort launched by Eclipse operator Linear Air; Eclipse Owners Group, another non-profit co-op created by Eclipse 500 owner David Green and management company Jet-Alliance; and New Eclipse Acquisition, backed by Phil Friedman, CEO of Harlow Aerostructures.

The purpose of these efforts is to keep the Eclipse fleet flying and to offer owners the modifications needed to bring their airplanes up to the latest Eclipse standard, including full GPS and flight-into-known-icing (FIKI) capability. None of the 259 delivered Eclipse 500s meets that standard.

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