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PMi Media Limited's comprehensive and critical study The Very Light Jet Market 2007-2016 answers these questions and more.
That is quite an admission for Raburn, the former Microsoft executive and high-tech entrepreneur at the helm of Eclipse, who is widely considered
the "father" of the VLJ. The growth in air service, sky-taxi and private ownership is just the start, says Raburn. "We also see a huge expansion
in its use in the corporate market, but in a non-traditional way." He says that the emerging growth is in outsourced and "managed" aircraft.
VLJs are intended to have lower operating costs than conventional jets, and will be able to operate from runways as short as 3,000 feet (914 m).
In the United States, where the majority of these jets are being designed, NASA and the FAA have encouraged their development and foresee their
widespread use in point-to-point air taxi service. The Small
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