RIP, Very Light Jet. Hello Small Jets.

October 23rd, 2009 admin

Few terms have garnered as many headlines in the aviation biz as VLJ, an acronym for very light jet. It was a new niche that was supposed to revolutionize business travel and usher in the air taxi era. Until it didn’t. The idea of the very light jet was largely championed by Eclipse Aviation and its founder , Vern Rayburn. But the company’s been quiet of late, …


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