New Eclipse 500 Training Provider Receives FAA Approval | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-05.12.25

Airborne-NextGen-05.13.25

AirborneUnlimited-05.14.25

Airborne-FlightTraining-05.15.25

AirborneUnlimited-05.16.25

Tue, Jun 09, 2009

New Eclipse 500 Training Provider Receives FAA Approval

Jet Elite Training, of Clearwater Florida, has received FAA approval to provide Eclipse 500 training per the airplane's flight manual operating limitations. J.E.T. will offer both recurrent and initial type rating training with on demand scheduling in their Florida facility or at the customers location worldwide.

Recurrent training will consist of an at-home directed study program plus two days of ground school and flight training in the aircraft. Initial type rating training will include online jet transition training, a flight skills assessment, upset recovery training in the L-39, plus nine days of ground school and flight training. If required, Mentor training will be accomplished following the initial type rating. J.E.T. is now scheduling Eclipse 500 recurrent training and will begin scheduling initial type rating training shortly.

J.E.T. specializes in the Very Light Jet (VLJ) training market to include the Eclipse 500, Cessna Mustang, Phenom 100, and others as they are certificated. J.E.T. is owned and operated by current VLJ Mentor pilots and instructors Tom Norton and Peter Zaccagnino. Mr. Norton brings over 14 years in airline, military, and general aviation pilot training experience and was the former Director of Customer Training for Eclipse Aviation. Mr. Zaccagnino brings over 20 years experience in high performance aircraft training and flight testing, and has extensive corporate flight operations worldwide.

FMI: www.JetEliteTraining.com

Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.16.25)

Aero Linx: International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA) IFATCA is the recognised international organisation representing air traffic controller associ>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.16.25)

“The BlackBird is more than a demonstrator—it’s a flying testbed for the future of aviation. To see it take flight in such a short time is a testament to our team>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.16.25): Glideslope Intercept Altitude

Glideslope Intercept Altitude The published minimum altitude to intercept the glideslope in the intermediate segment of an instrument approach. Government charts use the lightning >[...]

Airborne-NextGen 05.13.25: Merlin Tests, Dronetag Accuses, Flying Car?

Also: MQ-9B UAS MTC, FlightSimExpo, New JPL Director, Japanese Lunar Lander Preps Merlin’s flight testing campaign continues to rapidly progress with its certification-ready >[...]

Classic Aero-TV: Jabiru's New J170-D - An Upgraded and Fine-tuned LSA

From 2017 (YouTube Edition): The Airplane From Down Under Is A Proven Trainer… Jabiru was one of the early light sport aircraft (LSA) brought into the U.S.A. when the sport >[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC