Aircraft
Embraer’s Legacy 500 Earns FAA Nod
Just weeks after it achieved certification from Brazilian authorities, the new fly-by-wire, super-midsize twinjet got FAA approval.
Embraer Executive Jets president Marco Túlio Pellegrini displays the FAA type certificate for his company’s Legacy 500. The paperwork was freshly signed by FAA deputy associate administrator John Hickey.
Embraer Executive Jets president Marco Túlio Pellegrini displays the FAA type certificate for his company’s Legacy 500. The paperwork was freshly signed by FAA deputy associate administrator John Hickey.

FAA deputy associate administrator John Hickey handed Embraer Executive Jets president Marco Túlio Pellegrini the FAA type certificate for the fly-by-wire Legacy 500 yesterday afternoon at the company’s booth here at NBAA 2014 in Orlando, Fla.