Embraer posted a new page on photos to help you keep up to date with things. https://www.facebook.com/embraercorporatecommunications?ref=hl
Video on the metal cutting for the Legacy 450 business jet... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyWGO7faWdo&list=UULU1RTNz0CTZIljxOK6uyaw&index=1&feature=plcp
An interior mock up of the brand new Legacy 450 business jet by Embraer will be on display at the 2012 NBAA show in Orlando, FL. Be sure to check them out at Booth 5536.
As Embraer celebrates the first flight of their new Legacy 500 business jet, http://www.jetforums.net/embraer-jet/642-embraer-legacy-500-makes-%93flawless%94-first-flight.html the Brazilian company pushes back the first Legacy 500 delivery date to customers. Customers wer expected to get their first aircraft late in 2013 but that idea now seems to be through the emergency exit! This means delays to the Legacy 450 business jet too as that was supposed to come onstream with deliveries starting a year after the 500. All in all, not good news for Embraer. ***
The Brazilian air force's Esquadrilha da Fumaça (Smoke Squadron) is looking to trade off its T-27 Tucano aircraft for the Super Tucano. The livery on the new aircraft is even more vibrant than the former. In fact, on Dec 18, the first of the newly painted aircraft was presented to the public for the first time. ***
Back in October 2012, Embraer delivered their 900th Regional E-Jet (E-190) to Kenya Airways. Here is a video about that milestone as well... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT2KPOExb38&feature=player_embedded
Brazil signs new deal to modernize its Early Warning Surveilence aircraft Brazil are looking to modernize its early warning surveilence aircraft by using Embraer platforms. They contracted them in a $114 million dollar deal to modernizefive EMB-145-derived E-99 airborne early warning and control system aircraft.
Embraer 190 overran after pilots ignored flap-fault procedure TAME Embraer ERJ190 overruns runway in Ecuador. Ecuador's Junta Investigadora de Accidentes says the pilots attempted five times to reset the flaps, but that the slats would not deploy and the flaps would only move to position 2. The crew, however, decided to continue the approach with the high-lift surfaces in these positions, "without carrying out" the appropriate Embraer procedure in the quick-reference handbook, says the JIA. ***
A look at the Embraer video for the first flight of the Embraer Legacy 500 business-jet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teR5DuDNyAY&feature=player_embedded
Embraer can be proud of themselves having ended the year nicely. They have delivered 99 business jets. That apparently broke even with the previous year's deliveries. The fourth quarter of 2012 helped seal good looking figures for Embraer.
News out of Embraer is that there is a possible deal in the making for a joint venture between Embraer and helicopter manufacturer Agusta-Westland. AW is looking to cash in on the widely opened market for helicopter sales driven by Brazil's oil prowess. The two airframers have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which, if a final agreed upon, would see the establishment of an assembly line in Brazil. That line would build helicopters for both the domestic and by extension, wider Latin American markets.
Embraer Executive Jets’ Legacy 450, 500 and 650 honored by luxury press In a further confirmation of the break-through role Embraer Executive Jets has in the business aviation industry, the Hurun Report has named the Legacy 650 as the Large-Size Business Jet Star Performer. You may find more in the Press Release on Embraer's website.