Eclipse to replace its 500 VLJ's composite wingtip tanks with aluminium after certification tests fail, delaying approval

Eclipse 500 W200

Eclipse Aviation planned to begin testing late last week of aluminium wingtip fuel tanks for the Eclipse 500 very light jet after it failed to secure certification of the original composite tanks. The need to replace the tanks is one reason the Eclipse obtained only provisional US type certification in ...

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