First Foreign Eclipse Aircraft to be Made in Russia

First Foreign Eclipse Aircraft to be Made in Russia

Ulyanovsk, the hometown of Lenin, will soon become home to a new breed of very light business jets. The Dutch investment company Etirc Aviation, the U.S. manufacturer Eclipse Aviation and the Russian Aviastar aircraft complex have laid the foundations for the Eclipse 500 micro-jets assembly plant.

Chief pilot Kent Ewing, a friend of John Travolta, spent three days flying from New Mexico to bring the jet to Russia.

"It's a beautiful little airplane and the reason we're able to build this airplane today is the small engines. After sixty years of jet engines, we now have some we can carry in our arms," Ewing explained.

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