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Eclipse Aviation: Game-changer flew too far, too fast

By Rohit Jaggi

Published: May 11 2009 15:35 | Last updated: May 11 2009 15:35

It should have been called Icarus rather than Eclipse.

The story of Eclipse Aviation and its pioneering very light jet (VLJ) is one of big dreams and big talk that did indeed propel it to lofty heights – but meant it had a long way to fall, like the mythical Greek who flew too close to the sun.

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