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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Trouble For the Eclipse 500]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/13/trouble-for-the-eclipse-500/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/13/trouble-for-the-eclipse-500/</guid><description><![CDATA[I took a 1,500 mile each-way round trip in a friend's Learjet recently.  He owns the plane, but because of the price of gas rising so dramatically, I was told the cost of the flight for the two pilots/gas/having to stop once for fuel on the way back west was approximately $18,000.  His plane is smaller than my company's plane, which would have cost about half that to fly that same trip about a year ago (though we wouldn't have needed to stop on the larger plane).  <br><br>The bottom is falling way out of this market.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevejust]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 13th 2008 6:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Trouble For the Eclipse 500]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/13/trouble-for-the-eclipse-500/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/13/trouble-for-the-eclipse-500/</guid><description><![CDATA[The bulletin from Eclipse says that the throttle control that failed is good for up to 30 lbs of force.<br><a href="http://www.charterx.com/mediafiles/store/58773/128577010674780516.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.charterx.com/mediafiles/store/58773/128577010674780516.pdf</a><br><br>I'm thinking that 30 lbs of force can be easily delivered by your average Hannah Montana fan.  So an adult breaking this thing should be no surprise.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 13th 2008 9:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Trouble For the Eclipse 500]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/13/trouble-for-the-eclipse-500/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/06/13/trouble-for-the-eclipse-500/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is almost to be expected with a a brand new aircraft manufacturer.  This would NEVER happen on the Citation Mustang.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2008 1:52PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>