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- Feb 19, 200290% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Embraer 170 Prototype Makes First Flight, Starting the E-Jet Family
Main competitors
- Bombardier CRJ700 · Bombardier
68-78 maximum seats - GE CF34-8C engines - in service since 2001 (Brit Air)
Source - Bombardier CRJ900 · Bombardier
Up to 90 passengers - GE CF34-8C5 engines - CRJ700 family stretch
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On 19 February 2002 the first Embraer 170, PP-XJE, took off from São José dos Campos, the maiden flight of the four-abreast E-Jet family that went on to take the 70-130 seat market.
- Air Data News traces the design to 1997, when the ERJ 135 presentation already previewed a 'Embraer 170' with four seats per row and a bigger belly hold, and says Embraer presented the 170 and 190 at the 1999 Paris Air Show to answer Bombardier's CRJ700[1][4]
- The first prototype, PP-XJE, was rolled out on 29 October 2001 and flew on 19 February 2002; first flight had originally been planned for 2000, and avionics supplier Honeywell's software slipped it[1][2]
- The fifth of six flight-test aircraft flew in July 2002; testing ran from São José dos Campos and the new Gavião Peixoto site, built with a 5,000 m runway, the longest in Latin America[4]
- The E-Jets' underwing GE CF34 engines were a break from the ERJ's rear-mounted layout; Air Data News argues the family beat the CRJ line and pushed Bombardier toward the CSeries[1]
Notable features
- E170: length 29.90 m, wingspan 26.01 m, height 9.83 m; maximum seats 78 (about 70 typical in two classes)[2][4]
- Two General Electric CF34-8E turbofans of 63 kN (14,200 lbf); MTOW 38,600 kg; cruise Mach 0.75, maximum Mach 0.82[2]
- Range 2,150 nmi (3,982 km); take-off field at MTOW, sea level, ISA 1,644 m (5,394 ft); landing 1,241 m[2]