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"Our test fleet accumulated a record 37 sorties for 54.8h of flight testing in April, and we achieved several major milestones," says Raburn.
"This brings the total, including [now-retired test aircraft] N500EA, to 112 sorties and over 127 flight hours. We expect the fourth aircraft to
join at the end of May, and the fifth three weeks or so after that."
The emergence of DayJet, which has been in "stealth mode" since originally signing for the aircraft in 2002 while it completed its preparations,
is just one aspect of the VLJ phenomenon, says Eclipse president and chief executive Vern Raburn. "That's one of the things that is getting to be
exciting. People are talking about using the aircraft in ways we never fully envisioned."
Adam Aircraft announced that they had an order backlog of 282 of its Adam A700 VLJ offering.[10]
Amid this flurry of activity, Eclipse revealed firm orders for 239 aircraft, plus 70 options, from DayJet, an on-demand jet service that will
offer travel on a "per-seat" basis. It will provide services to outlying US regional markets that have limited, if any, scheduled airline
services, offering places on a per-seat, shared-ride basis at prices slightly above full-fare economy.
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