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Eclipse 500
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<p>The Eclipse 500 (model EA500) is a <a href="/facts/Very_light_jet/0xgJvfoR">very light jet</a> (VLJ) originally produced by <a href="/facts/Eclipse_Aviation/dloUulaa">Eclipse Aviation</a> of <a href="/facts/Albuquerque%2c_New_Mexico/SATmBfJb">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a>, United States. The company was founded in 1998 to develop the 1997 <a href="/facts/Williams_V-Jet_II/kNtIo7kV">Williams V-Jet II</a> demonstrator. The prototype first flew with <a href="/facts/Williams_EJ22/0SALNKEG">Williams EJ22</a> turbofans on August 26, 2002. The engines were replaced by <a href="/facts/Pratt_%2526_Whitney_Canada_PW600/Pv576QES">Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610Fs</a> in 2004 and Eclipse Aviation won the <a href="/facts/Collier_Trophy/qprIInz7">Collier Trophy</a> in February 2006 for the design. A provisional FAA type certification was received on 27 July 2006 and the first delivery occurred on 31 December 2006. </p><p>The six-seat aircraft has an all-metal airframe with a <a href="/facts/T-tail/Iwua3B5U">T-tail</a> and <a href="/facts/Straight_wing/oB03eltD">straight wings</a>. It is powered by two <a href="/facts/Turbofan/x8XWVw19">turbofan</a> engines in aft fuselage-mounted <a href="/facts/Nacelles/aGG3jhjs">nacelles</a>. </p><p>Production of the Eclipse 500 was halted in October 2008 due to lack of funding, after 260 aircraft had been delivered. On November 25, 2008, Eclipse Aviation entered <a href="/facts/Chapter_11%2c_Title_11%2c_United_States_Code/PjdCBWfn">Chapter 11 bankruptcy</a>, then <a href="/facts/Chapter_7%2c_Title_11%2c_United_States_Code/QhsyoPsn">Chapter 7 liquidation</a> on 24 February 2009. In August 2009, <a href="/facts/Eclipse_Aerospace/qasAKHFE">Eclipse Aerospace</a> bought the Eclipse Aviation assets, and announced the <a href="/facts/Eclipse_550/LLLEXlDb">Eclipse 550</a> update in October 2011. Eclipse Aerospace was merged into <a href="/facts/One_Aviation/VDJ11ehe">One Aviation</a> in April 2015, which entered Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in February 2021. </p><p>AML Global Eclipse maintains support for all Eclipse aircraft. </p>