"Russian aircraft factory Aviastar will assemble Eclipse 500 jets designed by Microsoft head Bill Gates.. Last month an executive from the Eclipse Aviation Company, Roel Piper, and Sergei Morozov, governor of the Ulyanovsk region, where Aviastar is based, agreed to start assembling the jets in Russia.
The monthly loss of the factory amounts to several billion rubles, Aviastar head Victor Mikhailov told Izvestia. 'But we will be able to re-equip the plant in six months, ' he promised. Its modernization is due to start in September 2005.
Eclipse Aviation will act as the investor of the new project, which costs at least $80 million. However, Aviastar has already received 100 requests for the jets from businessmen who have even paid for their orders in advance."
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Попалась на глаза эта статья 2-х летней давности. Судя по написанному, "Эклипс-Авиэйшн" выступал в роли инвестора!!, а сотня самолетов была даже предоплачена нашими бизнесменами..
Но вот что-то не слышно ничего о начале производства Эклипсов в Ульяновске.
Просвятите кто в курсе?