Linear Air Eclipses - Any Updates?

[johnsonrod]

You might as well hear it from me... the HEF base is closing.

FrozenPilot,

Check your PMs.

 

[FrozenPilot]

Sorry its been a couple of days of riding the waves and taking care of other business.

The latest is HEF is officially 'deactivated' to support the New York market. Nothing has been finalized, but it looks like HEF pilots and planes will rotate up to HPN at least temporarily. Total fleet right now is 5 Caravans and 4 Eclipses. One Caravan is currently for sale.

Memorial Day was decent, I think we had 5 planes flying overall.

As for the Eclipse, its much like a town car. You only really want it for short range (under 1.5 hours) with a couple people and light bags. Sitting in the back is quite comfortable.

 

[Mosquito]

Emergency Inspection Of Personal Jets Urged

POSTED: 5:44 pm MDT June 12, 2008
UPDATED: 6:56 pm MDT June 12, 2008

[COLOR=red! important][FONT=ARIAL,][COLOR=red! important][FONT=ARIAL,]WASHINGTON[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR], D.C. -- Federal safety investigators are recommending the immediate inspection of throttles on small personal jets manufactured by the Albuquerque-based Eclipse Aviation after one made an emergency landing in [COLOR=red! important][FONT=ARIAL,][COLOR=red! important][FONT=ARIAL,]Chicago[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR].

The National Transportation Safety Board urges the Federal Aviation Administration to require the immediate inspection of all [COLOR=red! important][FONT=ARIAL,][COLOR=red! important][FONT=ARIAL,]Eclipse[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] 500 aircraft. The NTSB also said the company must develop an emergency procedure for dual-engine control failure on that aircraft.

NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker said the Eclipse 500 is still a new aircraft model and the safety issue needs "immediate attention."

More @
http://www.koat.com/news/16591743/detail.html

 

[FrozenPilot]

The emergency AD has come out and includes revised QRH procedures for engine control failures. It now has us try to reset the FADECs if this should occur. Thankfully this little oversight of the QRH now has some filler, and I hope the procedure works as advertised; and that I never have to use it.