Beechcraft sold

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BTW, an Eclipse 500 at SL will TO in 2297 feet, a King Air C90GT in
2392 feet. The E500 has an IFR range with four occupants of 1,300 nm,
the King Air has 931nm range. For landing, 2155' vs. 2355'.

In the six years I've had my B36-TN, I've had five of six seats filled
maybe ten times, and that was the whole family, nine of those times.
Last August, my wife and I became "empty nesters".


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Matt

That's assuming the Eclipse will ever be built!

Besides not meeting their design goal it is just plane UGLY.

Their design goal was...what?

The initial design was based on an engine that didn't pan out. They now
must use a heavier engine which means nearly all their original design
goals are out the window.

Um...nope, the Williams engine couldn't make required thrust/weight specs,
but the P&W is actually lighter than the original Williams spec.

Their design goals are met.

BTW, in such a "clean sheet" design, it's not uncommon for some specs to
differ from the original "wish list".

Read their specs listed on their website compared to their competition.