Aircraft
In The Works July 2011: Embraer Legacy 450/500
The first flight of the midsize Legacy 500 remains on schedule for the second half of this year and will take place at Embraer’s facility in São José dos C

The first flight of the midsize Legacy 500 remains on schedule for the second half of this year and will take place at Embraer’s facility in São José dos Campos, Brazil, according to Maurício Almeida, v-p of Embraer’s executive jet programs. The 500’s design is now frozen and all drawings, except for some assembly drawings, are complete.

The three main components of the first prototype Legacy 500’s fuselage–its forward, center and rear portions–have been mated. Assembly of the wings has begun, too, and one of two composite empennages already built has been attached to the prototype’s fuselage.

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