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Simple Flying[3]: 'The prototype aircraft first flew on July 27, 1983'; Wikipedia[2], Airfleets and Aviacionline agree. Embraer's[1] own history page and Aeropedia[4] give 29 July 1983, the day of the official presentation and christening, so the day is disputed by two days.- Início
- 27 de jul. de 198390% DE CONFIANÇAde a fonte
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia Prototype Makes Its First Flight
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Typically 37 passengers - Dash 8 family in service since 1984 (NorOntair) - PW120-series turboprops
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36 passengers - range about 861 nmi - two PT6A-65AR turboprops - in service since November 1982
Embraer's pressurised 30-seat EMB 120 Brasilia turboprop prototype PT-ZBA flew for the first time in July 1983 at São José dos Campos, the airliner that opened the US commuter market to Embraer.
- Embraer's history page says the EMB 120 grew out of work begun in 1974 on a pressurised turboprop for regional airlines, first called Araguaia and renamed Brasilia when the project was formally launched in 1979[1]
- The polished-aluminium prototype was presented and christened on 29 July 1983 in front of international press, airlines and component makers, and Embraer's page lists that date as first flight; Simple Flying and Wikipedia put the maiden flight on 27 July 1983. Embraer received a Brazilian marketing association award for the launch that December[1][2][3]
- It was the first aircraft to fly with the new Pratt & Whitney Canada PW115 engines of 1,500 shp with Hamilton Standard propellers, giving a cruise above 500 km/h with air conditioning and low noise and vibration[1]
- Other references date the maiden flight 27 July 1983; production began at the end of 1984, the Brazilian CTA certified the type in May 1985 and Atlantic Southeast Airlines of Atlanta took the first delivery in 1985[1][2][4]
Notable features
- Capacity: 30 passengers; crew of two; length 20 m, wingspan 19.78 m, height 6.35 m[1]
- Power: two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118B turboprops of 1,800 hp each in the production -120 (the prototype flew with 1,500 shp PW115s)[1]
- Performance (Embraer): maximum cruise 584 km/h, range 1,481 km, take-off distance 1,560 m, landing distance 1,380 m[1]
- Aeropedia lists maximum cruise 556 km/h at 22,000 ft, ceiling 9,753 m and loaded weight 11,500 kg for the production EMB 120ER[4]
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