Whole New Ways To Fly (WNWTF) are very attractive. Unfortunately, flying and making money at the same time is not easy. It is even harder when you are long on passion and short on reason. Herb Kelleher.. or Richard Branson… where are you? We need you. Please. Bring us some solvency.
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But then again, when you are in North Dakota, one of the first things you do is make sure you can fly in known icing conditions. Air taxi geeks take note, this will be the first of a string of many failures in the space.
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The problem with good marketing with no substance, is that you leave the customer slightly anxious about their decision. Did I really need to upgrade to Vista? Does that herbal supplement really make me a better lover? Will my Eclipse 500 really replace my TMB 700?
Eclipse Aviation has its share of pumpers and detractors. Microjets (VLJs) have caused much attention to come to the world of general aviation, air taxi etc. Eclipse, however, may yet be more famous for their ability to market the idea rather than build a profitable aircraft manufacturing company. My take? Smart money usually follows the smart people.
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