This weekend, Embraer showcases its Legacy 500 mockup for the first time. Participating in the eighth LABACE at Congonhas Airport (CGH) São Paulo, the company will show the midsize Legacy 500 mockup with a near-production interior, alongside the entry level Phenom 100, light Phenom 300, and large Legacy 650 executive jets. On Wednesday, August 10, at 11:00 a.m., Embraer hosted a press conference in the Santos Dumont conference room to present an update of its executive jets programs.
"LABACE offers a significant opportunity to bring the rapidly growing Latin American market up to speed on our executive jets and their award winning design and technologies," said Breno Corrêa, Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Latin America - Embraer Executive Jets.
"We are especially proud to show the mockup of our brand-new, clean-sheet midsize Legacy 500, which will feature full fly-by-wire technology, 5,560 kilometers (3,000 nautical miles) of range and Mach 0.82 cruise speed. We are also pleased to exhibit our entry level Phenom 100, which was the best-selling executive jet in 2010, and the Phenom 300 and Legacy 650."
Several significant milestones have recently been achieved by the Legacy 500 program, keeping the schedule on track. In June, the last major piece of the fuselage arrived at the Embraer facilities in São José dos Campos, Brazil, enabling the completion of the center fuselage. Production engineers also successfully installed the aft pressure bulkhead, accomplishing this task in one-third of the time originally allotted. The next major step was to join the three fuselage sections: cockpit, center fuselage, and aft fuselage, which was achieved in mid-July. This is an important step towards the flight test program, which is expected to begin this year.
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