Eclipse Owners Ask Hawker Beechcraft To Service Jets

April 7, 2009
Group has signed a nonbinding letter of intent with HBC.

ALBUQUERQUE -- A group of Eclipse 500 owners are in negotiations with Hawker Beechcraft Corp. to maintain and upgrade about 260 jets that were produced by the former Eclipse Aviation Corp.

David Green, chairman of the steering committee for the Eclipse Owners Group, said Tuesday the group has signed a nonbinding letter of intent with the Wichita, Kan.-based airplane maker.

The two groups are now trying to reach a binding agreement.

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