It's august 26,2002, a clear, hot morning at Albuquerque International Sunport. Poised for takeoff on Runway 17 is a small orange and white twin-engine jet carrying a heavy load of hype and hope. A press release from its manufacturer says the first flight of this prototype will do nothing less than "forever change the landscape of transportation." The Eclipse 500's promised $837,500 price tag—an astonishingly low figure, barely a quarter that of the next cheapest jet—and 56-cents-a-mile direct operating cost have brought in deposits for more than 2,000 airplanes, potentially making it the best-selling private jet in history even before it flies. Two engine nacelles, stovepipe-skinny and barely four feet long, sprout from the rear fuselage. They hold the key to the Eclipse's remarkable price and performance claims: a pair of Williams International EJ22 fanjets, breakthrough powerplants developed by Sam Williams, the renowned guru of small jet engines. Using what Eclipse calls "disruptive" technology, the EJ22 has churned out 770 pounds of thrust in ground tests, yet, at 85 pounds, you could pick it up. This 9:1 thrust-to- weight ratio is unprecedented, almost double that of any commercial jet engine. It's the breakthrough that can make the Eclipse 500 a landscape changer.
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机译：2002年8月26日，在阿尔伯克基国际太阳港一个晴朗炎热的早晨。即将在17号跑道起飞的是橙色和白色的小型双引擎喷气式飞机，带有大量的炒作和希望。制造商的新闻稿说，该原型机的首飞将无非是“永远改变运输业的格局”。 Eclipse 500承诺的价格为837,500美元，这是一个惊人的低价，仅是第二架最便宜的喷气机价格的四分之一。而且，每英里56美分的直接运营成本已为2,000多架飞机带来了保证金，这可能使其成为最好的-在飞行之前就出售历史上的私人飞机。从后机身发芽的两个发动机机舱，瘦长，瘦瘦，只有四英尺长。它们是Eclipse出色的价格和性能要求的关键：一对Williams International EJ22风扇喷气机，由著名的小型喷气发动机专家Sam Williams开发的突破性动力装置。使用Eclipse所谓的“破坏性”技术，EJ22在地面测试中已经产生了770磅的推力，但是您可以将其升至85磅。 9：1的推重比是前所未有的，几乎是任何商用喷气发动机的两倍。这是使Eclipse 500成为景观改变者的突破。
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