WOW! 6 passenger micro jet, 430mph!

[KenWittlief]

why hasnt anyone thought of this before?

(I want one :^)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor.../little_jets_1

[Elgin Clock]

Hmm.. interesting. Short commute Airplanes.

Now, the real (hypothetical) question is.

Will it fit me, my 5 friends, and then all 6 of our Segways in the cargo area??

If it does, count me in for using these instead of driving to Mini comps in the off-season.

[KenWittlief]

No! You get six of them (one each for you and your friends)

paint "F" on the bottom of one


"I" on the bottom of the 2nd.... (RST)

and fly to events in formation :^)

[KyleGilbert45]

Being involved in the aviation community through my studies here at Purdue, I'm pretty excited about these new Very Light Jets (VLJ) that will hopefully be hitting the market in the next 5 to 10 years. EDIT: [I guess I'm trying to say that I think it will take that long for the market to be saturated with these VLJs and then along with the implementation of some kind of small air transportation system, but hey it's just my guess]. I did a group project about a year ago that encompassed the Eclipse 500 and I really learned a lot about aircraft and just how cool jets like these would really be. What's even more exciting is the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) Project that is currently taking place that would utilize these VLJs and other small aircraft. I'm looking forward to the SATS system because it would provide myself with a whole other career path that would not be with the larger major and national carriers in the United States or even with the larger international airports in the United States. I could go on and on about benefits and whatnot that would be provided by a SATS system and these small jets, but these websites do a pretty good job.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_A...rtation_System
http://sats.larc.nasa.gov/main.html
http://www.eclipseaviation.com/

I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens with the VLJs and SATS since the aviation industry is never very consistent.

[KenWittlief]

5 to 10 years from now?!

5 months from now!

Three thousand of the little jets are already on order at three manufacturers. Albuquerque, N.M.-based Eclipse Aviation has 2,350 on back order and expects to receive Federal Aviation Administration certification for its E500 by June. The first E500 — which takes less than five days to make — will be delivered 10 days later.

hey maybe we can get Eclipse Aviation to become an official FIRST sponsor, and donate one microJet to each team (each year)

That would be a great way to make a good impression on the future corporate leaders of the world (our students! :^)