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The target calls for the test aircraft fleet to achieve 500 flight hours by August and 750h by late October. Certification remains on track for 31 March 2006, although there are "a few teething problems with 108 [N503EA]". These include snags with door-seal cabin pressurisation and a nose-gear shimmy.
A New York Times article from August 29, 2006 posed the question, "Will having a lavatory on board be the key factor in short flight success?"[12]
The aircraft are, respectively, the fifth and seventh off the line, the sixth being the static test airframe that is due to begin a 10-week test programme in early August. Fatigue tests, using the eighth airframe, are set to start at the end of November.
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Eclipse Aviation's CEO Vern Raburn suggests that most of his company's customers will be using the VLJ for short flights from 300-500 miles in length in 40-80 minutes and that the lavatory issue is not going to be a problem for VLJ customers.[12]