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Old 01-21-2010 | 09:05 AM
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Eclipse Aerospace is basically now only a group of owners who bought the assets of Eclipse Aviation from Chapter 7 bankruptcy for $40M (what a deal). They have 60 employees and have stabilized the parts trail enough to keep many of the existing 270 jets flying. They are still at Sunflower, and they have most of the same buildings although they had to close a number of previous repair stations. They opened a repair shop in Chicago and still have the old shops at Sunflower. They are far from dead, although the golden age of the VLJ is a bit of a farce at this point. A lot of people lost their hard earned money on the old venture. I have one friend who lost his deposits on five of them. The good news is the airplane probably is in as good shape as it ever was, EA is offering upgrades to the cockpit, FIKI, wing tanks, and the fire extinguishers. I would not feel unsafe in one.
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