Eclipse 400: Pioneering Single-Turbofan Aircraft Of 2007

Fred George October 23, 2017
Credit: Eclipse
Vern Raburn, then Eclipse Aviation’s CEO, turned plenty of heads when he and Terry Tomeny, company chief test pilot, taxied the V-tail, single-engine Eclipse Concept Jet into EAA AirVenture’s Aeroshell Square in July 2007. Raburn wanted to steal the thunder from Diamond Aircraft and Cirrus Aircraft...
Fred George

Fred formerly was senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and Aviation Week's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades.

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