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BigBearNews - September 2007

Air Fair Features New Eclipse 500

One of the aeronautical highlights of the Big Bear Airport's Air Fair 2007 was one of the first public appearances of the new Eclipse 500 Jet Aircraft.  Eclipse Aviation, founded by former Microsoft executive Vern Raburn (with a financial investment from Bill Gates, among others), sold their very first Eclipse 500, to Jet-Alliance, Inc.

 Randall Sanada, President of Jet Alliance and a former Big Bear resident (who took his first flight lessons from AeroHaven at the Big Bear Airport), made the flight for the August 25 air show with fellow pilots Bill Miller and Chris Gables. “We're on our first California adventure here in Big Bear,” Miller, who flew the 500, tells BigBearNews. “It's our first trip to California completely FAA-certified to do everything the Eclipse 500 is capable of doing.”

Among the special features of the new airplane are that it is the same weight size as a twin engine plane, yet, says Sanada, “It is capable of big things.” Because the Eclipse 500 is made of aluminum instead of steel and is welded rather than riveted, it is lighter and smoother in flight. Fully loaded, with up to five passengers, the plane's weight of 5,800 pounds is said to be comparable to the weight of an SUV—only this machine can go 450 miles an hour.

The craft can fly as high as 41,000 feet and, per Gables, “Gets you above the clouds, so you don't have to bump around.”

But perhaps the biggest plus, at least for pilots, is the Eclipse 500's control panel features. “It's got so many things,” says Miller. “It is very integrated, as it operates through two computers. It is very rare to have all systems talk to each other. There is no other airplane like this.”

If an Eclipse 500 sounds like a plane you'd like to fly, the Jet Alliance company offers group ownership of this, the very first one, and other jets currently being assembled by Eclipse Aviation. Like a timeshare for aircraft, Jet Alliance offered the first Eclipse 500 for just $225,000—per one-eighth share.

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