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The VisionAire VA-10 Vantage is a prototype single-engined light business-jet (or "very light jet") designed and developed by the American company VisionAire Jets Corporation. Originally planned for production in the late 1990s, the original VisionAire Corporation failed; the project was acquired by Eviation Jets, which planned to produce it as the redesigned EV-20 Vantage Jet; Eviation also failed, and the design was relaunched by a revived VisionAire under its original design. ==Design and development== The Vantage is currently being developed by VisionAire Jets, LLC, a successor company to VisionAire Corporation, founded in 1988, to fill a perceived gap in the light aircraft market between high performance piston-engined aircraft and twin-engined executive jets. The Vantage differed from contemporary executive jets in that it was powered by a single engine, a Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D turbofan buried in the rear fuselage, fed by twin air-inlets above the fuselage. It was of all-composite construction, and its wing was forward swept to minimise drag and allow an unobstructed cabin by allowing the wing spar to pass behind the cabin. It was planned to sell the Vantage for $1.65 million, compared with $3.3 million for the Cessna CitationJet.〔Jackson 2003, pp. 749–750.〕〔("Very Light Jet - VLJ" ). ''Global Security''. Retrieved 9 January 2010.〕〔Warwick 1997, pp. 54–55.〕 The first prototype, a proof-of-concept aircraft intended to confirm the design's handling, was built by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites at Mojave, California.〔''Flight International'' 20–26 November 1996, p. 6.〕 It made its maiden flight on 16 November 1996.〔 Testing of the prototype revealed a number of handling and aerodynamic problems, which resulted in a redesign of the aircraft in December 1998.〔〔Higdon, "FBO Light Jet Review".〕 Delays to the program continued, while costs mounted, and in January 2003, with the company having already spent $110 million, requiring another $125 million to complete certification and owing $35 million, a Federal Judge ordered VisionAire liquidated to pay its debts.〔〔''Aerospace Online'' 28 March 2003.〕〔''AIN Online'', 1 March 2003.〕 The Vantage design was purchased by Eviation, who used it as the basis for the twin-engined EV-20 Vantage Jet design.〔''Flight International'' 11–17 November 2003.〕〔("Buoyed in Brazil" ). ''Flightglobal''. 19 April 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2011.〕 The Vantage Proof-of-Concept (POC) aircraft is currently located at the VisionAire Jets facility at the Hickory Airport, Hickory North Carolina. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「VisionAire Vantage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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