What are the benefits of owning a Total Eclipse?

What does a 41,000 foot service ceiling mean to you? To put it simply:

41,000 ft = Less Air Density = Less Wind Resistance = Less Fuel Burn = Lower Operating Cost / Increased Range.

At this altitude, your aircraft stays above the weather, so the plane stays above clouds, rain, icing and other detriments to efficiency while flying.

And the increased range is not just a minor advantage: the fuel efficiency at 41,000 ft is almost 10 gallons/hr difference from 37,000ft!

If you fly your plane an average amount of time, approximately 350 hours per year, then the Total Eclipse frame will last well over 40 years!

The Total Eclipse comes with a 1-year / 300 hour factory warranty.

Eclipse Aerospace provides customer and product support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year because we believe no one can take better care of your Eclipse 500 than we can. If you should have an unscheduled service event, you'll be glad to know Eclipse Aerospace has a return-to-service capability to get you back in the air fast.

Eclipse Aerospace provides major modification and parts distribution via our Platinum Service Centers located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Chicago, Illinois, and Istanbul, Turkey. Additional licensed Gold Service Centers provide major inspections and aircraft service throughout the world.

Eclipse Aerospace currently supports and has trained hundreds of mechanics throughout the world who are qualified to maintain the Eclipse fleet. Any FAA qualified mechanic can provide routine service and inspection for Eclipse Aircraft. Through our service centers, Eclipse specific parts can be forwarded to local mechanics for immediate service of your Eclipse Aircraft.

Eclipse's Moving Map function provides an electronic topographical moving map showing current aircraft location and selectable XM Weather overlays. Moving Map provides the pilot with better spatial and directional orientation and weather information.

Eclipse XM weather integration provides selectable weather overlays for the Moving Map function including: NEXRAD radar imagery, lighting, cloud tops, SIGMETS, AIRMETS, TFR, and storm cell movements. XM Weather also provides METAR, TAF and City Forecasts available with the Electronic Terminal Charts. With XM weather the pilot can observe conditions in the immediate area as well as in the flight path to facilitate better planning for cruise altitudes and course selections.

The Eclipse 500 MFD provides display of Jeppesen electronic terminal charts with overlay of current aircraft position and selectable XM Weather information. Available charts include: Airport Diagrams, Approach Procedures, Standard Instrument Departures, Standard Terminal Arrivals, Noise Abatement Procedures, and Terminal Are Diagrams. The convenient accessibility of electronic charts provides better situational awareness while flying an approach into unfamiliar airports, and understanding of your position in relation to the desired approach position.

Having the flight plan overlay on top of the navigation display gives the pilot awareness of where they are on their flight plan and also it provides lead data to the pilot as to upcoming turns on the flight plan, arrivals, and approaches.

The extreme ease of use of the Eclipse's dual Garmin 400 series GPS allows the pilot to create, store, and fly the entire flight plan, including approaches. With the overlay capability to the MFD and PFDs, the pilot workload is significantly decreased. The aircraft is also provided the ability to fly RNAV/GPS direct instead of on the airways that the older aircraft are limited to. Also, with WAAS (400W) capability this gives the pilot the option of flying lower than standard GPS on approaches at a more guaranteed precise path provided to the auto-pilot. GPS can be synced to the auto-pilot or "hand-flown" and is part of the reason the Eclipse 500 has received single-pilot operational approval from the FAA.

Eclipse LPV capability supports approaches at decision altitudes as low as 200 or 250 feet providing better runway visibility and reduced likelihood of a missed approach.

Navigation Source selection is integrated into the PFD displays providing efficient selection and clear indication of navigation source information.

Primary (course deviation indication) and Secondary (bearing pointer) navigation source selection are continuously available on the PFD display. A single button allows the pilot to select GPS1, GPS2, VOR1, VOR2, Localizer 1, or Localizer 2 for the Primary Navigation Source. A second button allows selection of GPS1, GPS2, VOR1, VOR2, ADF (if installed), or OFF for the Secondary Navigation Source. Information relevant to the selected source including LOC/VOR/ADF frequency, waypoint identifier, and DME distance to go (if installed) is displayed with the source indication. Source Selection information and the corresponding Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) display of course and bearing are color coded for easy correlation of Navigation Source information.

By coupling the auto-pilot to your navigation source, the system provides a reduced workload on the pilot and enhanced aircraft capability above 400' and couples to as low as 150'.

Eclipse Skywatch provides information to the pilot as to where any conflicting traffic (other aircraft) are located and also if they are climbing, descending, etc. Skywatch provides information on other planes' distance from you in order to avoid mid-flight collisions.

Eclipse Terrain Avoidance Warning System provides data and warnings to the pilot regarding the aircraft's altitude as well as the altitude of the natural and man-made obstacles (i.e. tower, mountain, etc.) inside the selected range. This is helpful when flying into unfamiliar airports or mountainous terrain to avoid controlled flight into terrain.

Eclipse Composite Mode reconfigures the PFD display to include critical operational data normally displayed on the MFD. This ensures availability of all required data in the case of a power or MFD functional failure. With Composite Mode the Eclipse 500 aircraft can be safely flown with just the PFD working.