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Now that I have time, I'll make a more elaborate comment.
The Eclipse has potential to change aviation, we've all read the reports.
The first victum will be Beech Baron and certain King Airs. Yes I know
that the Super 350 has MUCH more room and other properties, I mean
90' to 200's. Even though the King airs have more room, many will prefer
the reputation a jet brings. Not everything boils down to cost and
performance, pride is a major factor in a purchase.
King Air 350's and Avanti's cannot properly be compared to the VLJ's.
Their price and weight class is more than double the VLJ's.
The VLJ's also vary greatly within its own class. There is a major
difference between the Diamond jet, Javillin, Eclipse, Adam Jet, Mustang
and Phenom. Each one can replace a relatively specific segment in 91 or
135 aviation.
The Eclipse and Adam Jet will likely be rather sucessful replacing the small
135 Barons, Navajo/Cheiftain, Twin Cessna markets and possibly their turbo
prop counterparts (Conquest, Chyenne, etc).
Another big win is maintenance. Maintenance on an Eclipse is likely much less
than on a twin cessna or older turbo prop. Deaprture reliability will also make
a leap forward.
What the VLJ revolution will most likely do is finally kill off the piston engine
for everything except light singles and training twins and make the turbo
prop less dominant in the less than 300nm segments. They WILL NOT push
out many other jets. Mabie older Citations and Beach jets should be targeted
as well as MU-2 owners.
Finally, understand that certain routes may not be welcoming the VLJ's. For
instance, the northeast and LA areas. They are already saturated and may
not welcome (for instance TEB) a bunch of little tiny jets buying 50 gallons
at a time clogging up the works. However, the Central NJ to Maine or
Nauntucket or Tennessee would work perfectly.
It's a new tool for a new job that just happens to be useful in other areas.
CE
The Eclipse has potential to change aviation, we've all read the reports.
The first victum will be Beech Baron and certain King Airs. Yes I know
that the Super 350 has MUCH more room and other properties, I mean
90' to 200's. Even though the King airs have more room, many will prefer
the reputation a jet brings. Not everything boils down to cost and
performance, pride is a major factor in a purchase.
King Air 350's and Avanti's cannot properly be compared to the VLJ's.
Their price and weight class is more than double the VLJ's.
The VLJ's also vary greatly within its own class. There is a major
difference between the Diamond jet, Javillin, Eclipse, Adam Jet, Mustang
and Phenom. Each one can replace a relatively specific segment in 91 or
135 aviation.
The Eclipse and Adam Jet will likely be rather sucessful replacing the small
135 Barons, Navajo/Cheiftain, Twin Cessna markets and possibly their turbo
prop counterparts (Conquest, Chyenne, etc).
Another big win is maintenance. Maintenance on an Eclipse is likely much less
than on a twin cessna or older turbo prop. Deaprture reliability will also make
a leap forward.
What the VLJ revolution will most likely do is finally kill off the piston engine
for everything except light singles and training twins and make the turbo
prop less dominant in the less than 300nm segments. They WILL NOT push
out many other jets. Mabie older Citations and Beach jets should be targeted
as well as MU-2 owners.
Finally, understand that certain routes may not be welcoming the VLJ's. For
instance, the northeast and LA areas. They are already saturated and may
not welcome (for instance TEB) a bunch of little tiny jets buying 50 gallons
at a time clogging up the works. However, the Central NJ to Maine or
Nauntucket or Tennessee would work perfectly.
It's a new tool for a new job that just happens to be useful in other areas.
CE
