Aircraft
Legacy 500 Makes First Appearance Outside Brazil
Embraer’s fly-by-wire Legacy 500 flew nonstop from St. Johns, Newfoundland, to Geneva, arriving at 3:24 p.m. on May 18th.
Embraer’s fly-by-wire Legacy 500 flew nonstop from St. Johns, Newfoundland, to Geneva, arriving at 3:24 p.m. on May 18th.

The new Embraer Legacy 500 made its first appearance outside Brazil as it flew here from Brazil to EBACE, where it is on display in the static park. Yesterday, Embraer Executive Jets president Ernie Edwards reported that the airplane successfully underwent cold-soak tests in a freezing hangar at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida following its first leg from São Jose dos Campos, Brazil. The next leg was a short hop to Embraer’s U.S. manufacturing facilities in Melbourne, Florida, where guests viewed the airplane and order-holders defined their preferred interior configurations.