Embraer’s final member of the E2 family has taken to the air, the E175-E2. Video of the first flight, courtesy Embraer, is shown below: The E175-E2 has been controversial as it weighs just above the scope clause limitations outlined in…
Yesterday we had a chance to view the E175-E2 in final assembly. No pictures allowed. Its engines were ready to be hoisted. The aircraft looks great. Two or three will be assembled and used for the flight test program. The…
Embraer media update at RAA 2019
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MAC) didn’t wait until its scheduled Paris Air Show press conference on June 17 to unveil the re-badged SpaceJet, instead already giving away major details a few days earlier. The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) is dead, long…
Nikkei reports that Mitsubishi is doing a “re-do” on the MRJ70. The focus on the US market, with its scope clause restrictions. That it took the company this long to get here is remarkable. But then again the program is…
Embraer provided a briefing on the E190-E2 prior to a demonstration flight for media at the 2018 Farnborough Air Show. Rodrigo de Sousa provided a strong briefing on the aircraft, citing new fuel burn numbers and how the aircraft beat…