Eclipse Completes 2 Successful Flights of First Eclipse 500
Certification Flight Test Aircraft
At 10:16 a.m. (MST) Friday, 12/31/04, aircraft N503EA, powered
by two Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PW610F turbofan
engines, took off from the Albuquerque International Sunport for
its maiden flight, which lasted one hour and 29 minutes. After a
thorough inspection by flight test engineers, N503EA was cleared
and departed again at 3:59 p.m. for its second flight of the
day.