Politics and the Eclipse 500? Yup. The main point the President might be missing, however, is that Eclipse and its "air charter magic carpet factory" would still have gone from 18 to 342 employees over the past four years - regardless of incentives.

This story is missing a few key points.

Eclipse ramped up operations for a series of simple reasons: They have a good idea, a lot of money, and they aren't too shabby at execution either. But, us aviation nuts are thankful that the guy in the White House keeps slashing those taxes for rich patrons that buy the airplanes and keep us all happily employed, busy and yes, innovating.