Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante

EMB 110 Bandeirante
Role Regional airliner
National origin Brazil
Manufacturer Embraer
Designer Max Holste
First flight 26 October 1968
Introduction 16 April 1973
Status Active
Primary users Brazilian Air Force
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Produced 1968-1990
Number built 501


The Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante is a general purpose 15-21 passenger twin-turboprop light transport aircraft suitable for military and civil duties. It was manufactured by the Brazilian corporation, Embraer.

Bandeirante (English: pioneer) was the name given to the Portuguese settlers and pioneers who expanded the limits of the Portuguese Empire, language and culture in Brazil by progressively moving in and then settling from the early coastal settlements towards the inner, then unknown and uncharted zones of the vast continent.[1]

Design and development

The EMB 110 was designed by the French engineer Max Holste following the specifications of the IPD-6504 program set by the Brazilian Ministry of Aeronautics in 1965.[2]

YC-95 first prototype (EMB-100) in Aerospace Museum, Rio de Janeiro

The goal was to create a general purpose aircraft, suitable for both civilian and military roles with a low operational cost and high reliability. On this measure, the EMB 110 has succeeded.

The first prototype, with the military designation YC-95, was flown on 26 October 1968.[3] and two other prototypes were built, known as EMB 100.[4] By 1969 an order was placed for 80 production aircraft, by now known as EMB 110 Bandeirante, for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) with the newly formed aircraft company Embraer. The Bandeirante received its Brazilian airworthiness certificate at the end of 1972.[5] and on 9 February 1973 was made the first delivery to FAB.[5][6]

An EMB110 in flight

Further development of the EMB 110 was halted by the manufacturer in order to shift focus to the larger, faster, and pressurized 30-seat EMB 120 Brasilia.

On Dec 15, 2010, the Brazilian Air Force first flew an upgraded EMB 110 equipped with modern avionics equipment. Designated as the C/P-95, the aircraft has had several new systems installed by Israeli firm Elbit Systems' Brazilian subsidiary, Aeroeletronica. The Brazilian Air Force has an active fleet of 96 EMB-110s.[7]

Operational history

EMB 110B
An EMB 110P1 of King Island Airlines Australia with its large cargo door open
EMB 110P2 in 1980

Deliveries started to the Brazilian Air Force in February 1973.[5] The passenger model first flew on 9 August 1972 and entered commercial service on 16 April 1973 with the now defunct Brazilian airline company Transbrasil.

Over the next 21 years Embraer built 494 aircraft in numerous configurations for a variety of roles including:

Production was halted in 1990, as the EMB 110 had been superseded by the increasingly popular EMB120.

Operators

Civil Operators

In August 2008 a total of 122 EMB 110 aircraft (all variants) remained in airline service worldwide with some 45 airlines.[10] Major operators include:

 Australia
 Bahamas
 Brazil
 Canada
 Cook Islands
 Cuba
 Curaçao
 Fiji
 Guatemala
 Ghana
 United Kingdom
  • JEA
 Honduras
 Ireland
 Kenya
 Norway
 United States
 Venezuela
 Iran

Historically, a number of commuter airlines in the U.S. and elsewhere operated the EMB 110 in scheduled passenger airline operations.

Military Operators

 Brazil
Brazilian Air Force - former operator.
 Angola
National Air Force of Angola
 Brazil
Brazilian Air Force Operates 104 aircraft.[11]
 Cape Verde
Military of Cape Verde
 Chile
Chilean Navy Operates five aircraft.[11]
 Colombia
Colombian Air Force Operates two aircraft.[11]
 Gabon
 Guyana
 Senegal
 Uruguay
Uruguayan Air Force Operates three aircraft.[11]
 Angola
National Air Force of Angola
 Argentina
Argentine Navy - leased by naval aviation during the Falklands War[9]
 Brazil
Brazilian Air Force
 Chile
Chilean Navy

Specifications (EMB 110P1A/41)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988–89[12]

General characteristics

Performance

Incidents and accidents

See also

Related development


References

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