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Flight Test Milestones
05/02/2006 Eclipse 500 test fleet surpasses 1,700 hours of flight time.
01/19/2006 Eclipse 500 flight test fleet surpasses 1,000 hours flight time.
12/19/2005 Eclipse 500 passes Water Ingestion Testing.
12/06/2005 Eclipse 500 receives Type Inspection Authorization from FAA.
11/29/2005 Eclipse 500 flight test fleet surpasses 750 hours flight time.
09/26/2005 Flight test fleet reaches 500 total hours.
09/14/2005 Static testing complete.
08/24/2005 N506EA, the fifth and final flight test aircraft, makes maiden flight.
08/18/2005 Flight test fleet reaches 250 total hours.
07/26/2005 Two Eclipse 500 test aircraft make public debut at AirVenture 2005.
07/22/2005 N502EA reaches 41,000 feet and max operating speed (Vmo) of 285 knots.
07/09/2005 N505EA, fourth conforming flight test aircraft, makes first flight. Flight lasts 43 minutes.
06/03/2005 Eclipse 500 test fleet attains 100 total flight hours.
04/21/2005 N504EA, third conforming test aircraft, makes first flight. Flight lasts one hour.
04/18/2005 Flight test aircraft fleet surpasses 50 flight hours.
04/15/2005 N503EA flies cross country to Sun 'n Fun Fly-in at Lakeland, FL.
04/14/2005 Second test aircraft, N502EA, makes maiden flight. Flight lasts 1 hour, 30 minutes.
04/07/2005 N503EA expands altitude envelope to 30,000 ft.
04/02/2005 N503EA conducts 3 test flights today, and N502EA conducts taxi testing.
04/01/2005 N503EA, sporting a new paint job, graces the New Mexico skies.
03/04/2005 Test aircraft N503EA conducts two test flights, totaling 2.2 hours, to evaluate handling characteristics at various flap positions and speeds.
02/04/2005 Flap operations are conducted for first time.
01/21/2005

Continued gear extension and retraction testing at increasing speeds.

01/20/2005 Landing gear retracted immediately after takeoff for first time. More in-flight normal and emergency gear extensions and retractions at increasing speeds.
01/13/2005

Landing gear is retracted in-flight for the first time. Seven gear cycles are successfully completed in initial testing.

12/31/2004

N503EA completes second flight on first day of flight testing. 54-minute second flight departs Albuquerque International Sunport at 3:59 p.m.

12/31/2004 Flight testing of Eclipse 500 resumes. N503EA, equipped with PW610F engines, flies for 1:29 minutes.
10/22/2003 Test aircraft N500EA retires after 55 flights and 54 flight hours.
08/26/2002 First flight of Eclipse 500 jet. Test aircraft N500EA takes off from Albuquerque Sunport at 9:18 am and lands safely at 10:18 am.

 All times are expressed in Mountain Time (MT).

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