www.privateairny.com
Private Air New York | Spring 2015
91
AVIATION
Eclipse 550
Delivering its first Eclipse 550 jet to a customer in Albuquerque, NM, Eclipse
Aerospace launches a creampuff of a jet to the market. e 550 comes with a 160
cubic foot cabin that features three seats with two on the right and one on the left.
e cabin has three 14 inch by 10.4 inch wide windows on each side and the interior
contains impressive, rich leather work on the seats and high-gloss wood trim on
the side panels. Additionally, there is plenty of storage room (26 cubic feet and
260 pounds of baggage), that is firmly secured with an 11-point tie-down net that
is behind the passenger seats. e 550 incorporates an all-electric design powered
by two 200-amp, 28 VDC starter generators. e jet can fly 1,125 nautical miles at
41,000 feet at a maximum speed of 430 mph. Equipped with weather radar, auto-
throttles, and traffic alerting system, it sells for about $3 million.
Performance
Max Cruise Speed 375 ktas (694 km/h)
Max Range
w\ 4 passengers 1,125 nm (2,084 km)
Takeoff Distance 2,433 ft. (715 m)
Landing Distance 2,790 ft. (686m)
Ceiling 41,000 ft. (12,497 m)
External Dimensions
Length 33 ft. 5 in. (10.2 m)
Height 11 ft. (3.4 m)
Wingspan 37 ft. 9 in. (11.6 m)
Cabin
Max passengers 6
Height 4 ft. 7 in. (1.27m)
Width 4 ft. 6 in (1.42 m)
Length 12 ft. 4in. (3.76 m)
Starting Price: Approx $2.9M
Photography
Courtesy
of
Eclipse
Aerospace,
Inc.
