from speednews today......
GIANT ORDER: GIANT CANCELLATION
The Nimbus Group this week announced that due to financing issues, it was forced to cancel its order for 1,000 Eclipse 500 business jets, which were to be the cornerstone of a project to begin an air taxi service in North/South America.
The 6-pax Eclipse 500 business jet with two Williams Intl. EJ-22s was launched in 2000 and is expected to enter service in 2003. Eclipse Aviation is using friction stir welding system (to replace over 60% of rivets on major assemblies) for fabricating primary wing and fuselage structures of the aircraft.
Rollout of the first aircraft is planned on July 13 in Albuquerque.
http://www.eclipseaviation.com