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Eclipse Speed Record

By Tish Drake | October 26, 2007
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Very Light Jet manufacturer Eclipse Aviation, Albuquerque, N.M., said its Eclipse 500 set a National Aeronautic Association speed record for jet aircraft weighing 10,000 pounds or less. The Eclipse 500 beat the existing NAA record Oct. 7, on a flight from New York (Westchester) to Atlanta (Peachtree-Dekalb), in one hour, 55 minutes, and eight seconds, averaging 393.32 miles per hour. The previous record holder, a Cessna Citation Mustang set the record on Sept. 22, 2007, flying the same route in two hours, 23 minutes, and 44 seconds, averaging 318.87 miles per hour. Also, the Eclipse 500 used about 25 percent less fuel.

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