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  New Eclipse Bidder Now that Etirc is unable to proceed with a sale through chapter 11 for Eclipse, it appears another bidder may be surfacing to buy assets out of the now pending chapter 7 liquidation.  Is there sufficient interest from the existing 259 delivered position... 02-27-2009, 9:32 AM by JoeN to Very Light Jet Talk

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  Cirrus Vision Deposits Incentivized Cirrus announced a cute way of keeping position holders loyal to the Vision Jet program.  According to the information below, the first 500 position holders will get a 1% credit per month of the net deposit.  Presumably, those with 50K deposits... 02-26-2009, 8:38 AM by JoeN to Very Light Jet Talk

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  Cirrus Vision SJ50 program updates The Cirrus SJ50 program was recently given a lengthy update by Cirrus first to position holders then to the public in December.  Significant to the update is the release of payload, fuel load, range, and cruise profiles.  A few days ago a vljplanet.com... 02-04-2009, 6:48 PM by JoeN to Very Light Jet Talk

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  Embraer Phenom 100 Certified Its nice to see a jet fully certified for all conditions and as of yesterday that is the case with the Phenom 100.   The FAA signed off on the Phenom 100 yesterday after Brazilian certification shortly before.  It really is nice to see... 12-13-2008, 2:38 PM by JoeN to Very Light Jet Talk

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  Eclipse Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy What should have happened long ago has finally happened.  Eclipse filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection in DE court today.  Apparently, assets will be for sale at auction scheduled to be completed by January 2009.  ... 11-25-2008, 12:53 PM by JoeN to Very Light Jet Talk