Eclipse Aviation News
The classes will begin on October 3rd at the TVI Workforce Training Center Albuquerque and will include assembly and installation techniques, tool usage, blueprint reading and theory of flight and safety.
“We are on track to start delivering Eclipse 500s to customers early in 2006 and will need to increase our team with many qualified manufacturing employees over the coming years,” said Eclipse Aviation president and CEO Vern Raburn. “Eclipse is bringing modern manufacturing processes to aviation, and we are working closely with ENMU-Roswell and TVI to help students develop the progressive skill sets needed for these positions.”
According to Dr. Dee Rogers, Dean of Instruction at ENMU-Roswell, “Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell is proud to be a partner in this exciting project. As a community university, part of our mission is to foster economic growth in our area through business development and workforce training partnerships. Our support of TVI and Eclipse Aviation fits squarely into this mission. We have a long history of expertise in aviation through our successful FAA approved Aviation Maintenance Technology program, which has been in operation since 1968.”
From the beginning, the manufacturability of the Eclipse 500 has been integral to Eclipse's strategy. Both the aircraft design and manufacturing system were conceived to deliver scalable, high-volume production at a low cost. In support of this strategy, Eclipse is leveraging advanced manufacturing methods that are not traditionally used in aviation including: Friction Stir Welding (FSW); lean manufacturing principles; reproducibility through high precision parts, high precision tooling and laser tracking; extreme outsourcing and JIT supply chain; and modular sub-assemblies.
Eclipse, ENMU-Roswell and TVI will host an orientation meeting for interested candidates at the TVI Workforce Training Center at 5600 Eagle Rock Road on September 12th, beginning at 6:30 PM. Application information and program details will be available at this meeting. Class schedules will be available online at www.tvi.edu. Anyone interested in aviation manufacturing employment is encouraged to attend.
Eclipse Aviation is in the business of designing, certifying and producing modern, affordable jet aircraft that will revolutionize the transportation market. The company is applying advanced electronics systems, manufacturing and business practices to produce aircraft that cost less than a third of today's small jet aircraft, will be significantly safer and easier to operate than those of today, and have the lowest cost of ownership ever achieved in a jet aircraft.
The goal of Eclipse is to bring the word "personal" into aviation, making it possible for commercial air passengers to move directly between cities on a quick, affordable and convenient basis. It will also allow pilot owners to enter the world of jet-powered aviation.