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Embraer restores Bandeirante aircraft |
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
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A team from Embraer has fully restored a Bandeirante aircraft.
Embraer employees have successfully restored the second prototype of the Bandeirante aircraft to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first flight.
In total, three prototypes were built by the Research and Development Institute's (IPD) Aeronautics Technical Centre, now the Aerospace Technology General Command.
The aircraft is so significant to the Brazilian aviation industry and to Embraer because it was the first to be created by IPD that warranted a large enough production run to justify the creation of a new plane manufacturer.
And so, less than a year after the Bandeirante's maiden flight, Embraer was born.
"The Bandeirante is a benchmark for the Brazilian and worldwide aeronautics industry and we are very pleased to contribute to the planes preservation and to tell its story," said Embraer's Horacio Forjaz.
The fully-restored second prototype will join the collection of aeroplanes at the Santos Dumont Foundation in the city of Cotio.
Embraer is one of the largest exporters in Brazil and has annual revenue in excess of $6 billion (£3.5 billion). As of the second quarter of 2008, it also possessed an impressive order backlog worth $20.7 billion (£11.9 billion). |
