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Key Takeaways:

  • A new company, Eclipse 500 Services, has launched with former Eclipse Aviation staff to provide maintenance for the orphaned Eclipse fleet.
  • An Italian pilot and co-pilot were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years for failing to act during a 2005 ATR-72 crash that killed 16 people.
  • Bill Boisture, formerly of NetJets and Gulfstream, will replace the retiring Jim Schuster as CEO of Hawker Beechcraft.
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Another new company is trying to rise from the ashes of Eclipse Aviation, as Eclipse 500 Services aims to provide maintenance support to the orphaned fleet. The company is staffed by former Eclipse Aviation mechanics and engineers…

A pilot in Italy has been convicted of manslaughter in connection with a 2005 accident when he prayed for help and didn’t take action. Sixteen people died when the ATR-72 crashed into the sea. The co-pilot was also convicted, and both were sentenced to 10 years in prison, The Associated Press reported this week…

Bill Boisture will take over as CEO at Hawker Beechcraft, replacing Jim Schuster, who is retiring. Boisture formerly was president of NetJets and Gulfstream Aerospace.

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