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Embraer ERJ-145 series

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Family of twin turbofan regional jets with civil, military, passenger and cargo variants.

The aluminium airframe features a stretched fuselage, 22 degree swept wing with integral fuels tanks, twin rear fuselage mounted Rolls-Royce AE3007 turbofans and a t-tail configuration. Fairings, sidewalls, leading edges and floors are manufactured from composite materials.

Two pilots face a Honeywell Primus 1000 avionics suite of 5 display screens.

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Lift type

Fixed wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turbofan

Application

Passenger medium

Final assembly

Sao Jose dos Campos (Prof Urbano E Stumpf) ·

Design & construction

Primary structure

Aluminium

Wing

Aluminium

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Ice protection

Bleed air

Pressurisation

Pressurised

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

3-axis + autoland

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

Engine-bleed air-cycle

Wing position

Low

Planform

Swept

Tail

Conventional

Certification

Part 25

Minimum crew

Winglets / sharklets Standard

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Embraer ERJ-145	1989 / 1995		Production: 4 (2018) GAMA: Embraer Legacy 600 / 650. Baseline variant, with two-spar wings and T-tailplane design.
Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C	1996 / 1999		Airborne early warning & control variant. Brazilian Air Force designantion: R-99 or E-99.
Embraer ERJ-135	1999 / 1999		Shorter fuselage variant.
Embraer ERJ-140	1999 / 1999		Mid-size variant.
Embraer ERJ-145XR	2000 / 2002		Extra long range variant.
Embraer Legacy 600	2000 / 2000	2020	Production: 18 (2009) GAMA: Embraer Legacy 600. Business jet derivative of ERJ-135.
Embraer Legacy 650	2009 / 2009	2020	Production: 1 (2020) GAMA: Embraer Legacy 650. Longer-range variant of the Legacy 600, also known as EMB-135BJ. Includes enhanced variant: Legacy 650E.

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