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Embraer Shows Off First Legacy 500

Embraer Legacy 500
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Key Takeaways:

  • Embraer unveiled its Legacy 500 business jet, anticipating its first flight later this month following an earlier delay.
  • The initial flight was postponed due to software integration issues with the fly-by-wire flight control system, which Embraer resolved by reassigning integration tasks from supplier Parker Aerospace.
  • The company expressed confidence in its progress, allowing journalists access to the test airplane's cockpit.
  • This imminent first flight and overall development indicate Embraer is ahead of schedule in its 2007 strategy to become a major business jet manufacturer by 2015.
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Embraer last week offered its first public glimpse of the Legacy 500 at its factory in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, ahead of the midsize business jet’s first flight, anticipated to occur later this month.

Embraer was nearly finished building the first of four flight test airplanes early this year when software problems with the fly-by-wire flight control system delayed the Legacy 500’s planned first flight by several months.

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