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Old 4th Feb 2014, 11:20
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There are two Eclipse 500's at Schiphol airport. They've been sitting there for years, apparently because their CofA was revoked when the certificate holder went bankrupt. The owners left them as best they could, with engine covers on and so forth, but after years of sitting there, they're a sorry sight to see.

Plenty of pictures of them on the internet, as they can easily be seen from the parking lot near the K-apron. This is one of them:

Photos: Eclipse 500 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

According to a friend of mine who works the ramp, their state is such that they're not even allowed to move them anymore, not even by hand. And it's going to cost serious money to bring them back to airworthy condition, assuming a new type certificate holder eventually pops up in the first place.

I hate to think what the accumulated parking charges are by now. It's not like they've been tucked away in a far off corner of the airport. Rather, they're occupying some real money-generating parking spots at the GA apron.
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