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First Phenom 100 executive jet performs maiden flight

São José dos Campos, Brazil - The airplane is powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW-617F engines

"The Embraer Phenom 100, the new benchmark for the very light jet segment, flew yesterday for the first time. Aircraft number 99801 was airborne at 10:55 a.m., when Capt. Antonio Bragança Silva and Capt. Eduardo Alves Menini, and flight test engineer Marcelo Toledo Basile, were satisfied with the maiden flight. PP-XPH was flown for 1 hour and 36 minutes, and several maneuvers were performed to...

fra/pec - 1077513
Rome, Italy, 07/27/2007 18:22
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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