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Embraer Legacy 600
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Type	Business Jet
Manufacturer	Embraer
Maiden flight	2001
Introduced	2000
Status	In Production
Produced	100
Unit cost	US$24.7 million
Developed from	Embraer ERJ 145 family

The Embraer Legacy 600 is a business jet derivative of the Embraer ERJ 145 family of commercial jets. The Legacy is based on the shortened ERJ 135 model, but includes added range with extra fuel tanks and added winglets, similar to those on the ERJ 145XR. Launched in 2000 at the Farnborough Air Show, the Legacy is capable of carrying 16 passengers in comfort for 3,250 nm. As of recently, the Legacy family also includes the Legacy Shuttle, which is in effect an ERJ-135 with a 19-seat passenger cabin configuration as standard (it does not have the same range as the Legacy Executive / Legacy 600).

Contents 1 General 2 Incidents 3 Specifications 4 References 5 External links 6 Related content

The Legacy competes on the upper end of the small to mid sized range of business jets. It is unique in having nearly the exact opposite design progression as the rival Canadair Challenger. The Legacy was derived from the established Embraer ERJ 145 family regional jet, while the Canadair Regional Jet was developed by Bombardier from the Challenger business jet. Both lines of aircraft are direct competitors. Embraer has since launched lines of aircraft such as the Phenom 300 and the Lineage 1000 to compete with Bombardier in all markets.

In six years of service, the Legacy has so far sold 100 aircraft, to 19 countries. It is advertised as the "ideal balance of comfort and cost"^[1] and boasts comfortable seating for 16 passengers in three partitioned sections, or seating for 19-37 in comfortable airline style seats on the Legacy Shuttle. In the cockpit, the Legacy also includes a Honeywell Primus 1000 avionics suite, with a full glass cockpit.

• On September 29, 2006, an ExcelAire Embraer Legacy EMB-135BJ, Civil Registration N600XL, collided with Gol Flight 1907, a Boeing 737-800, while flying over the northern state of Mato Grosso en route to Manaus from São José dos Campos. The Legacy made an emergency landing at a military airstrip at Cachimbo, Pará, Brazil, with only minor damages, and with its 5 passengers and 2 crew members uninjured. The Gol 737, however, crashed in the Amazon forest east of Peixoto de Azevedo, killing all 148 passengers and 6 crew members.

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General characteristics

• Crew: Three - pilot, co-pilot, flight attendant (optional)
• Capacity: 13 passengers + 1 Cockpit Jumpseat Rider
• Length: 26.33 m (86 ft 5 in)
• Wingspan: 21.17 m (68 ft 11 in)
• Height: 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in)
• Empty weight: 16,000 kg (30,000 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 22,500 kg (49,604 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Rolls-Royce AE 3007/A1P turbofans, 33.0 kN (8,810 lbs) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 834 km/h (450 kt, 518 mph)
• Range: 6,060 km (3,250 nm, 3,740 mi)
• Service ceiling: 12,496 m (41,000 ft)
• Thrust/weight: 0.42:1

Max Fuel Capacity: 18,800 lb (Legacy Executive) / 11,321 lb (Legacy Shuttle) - Both Figures Approx.

• Embraer Legacy 600 homepage
• Airliners.net: Embraer ERJ-135/140/Legacy
• Private Jets: Reviewing the Embraer Legacy

Related development

• Embraer ERJ 145 family
• Embraer Phenom 100
• Embraer Phenom 300
• Embraer Lineage

Comparable aircraft

• Bombardier Challenger 850
• Bombardier Global Express
• Gulfstream III

Related lists

• List of civil aircraft

See also

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Agricultural: EMB 202 Ipanema Civil: EMB 110 Bandeirante · EMB 120 Brasilia · EMB 121 Xingu · ERJ 145 family (Legacy 600) · E-Jets (Lineage 1000) Military: EMB 312 Tucano · EMB 314 Super Tucano · AMX · R-99 Built under licence: EMB 326GB Xavante · EMB 712 Tupi · EMB 810D Seneca · EMB 820C Navajo In development/proposed: Phenom 100 · Phenom 300 · C-390 · MLJ · MSJ Not developed: CBA 123 Vector

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