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Editor-in-chief of The Air Current, journalist, chaser of things that fly. Proud alum of CNN, WSJ & Flightglobal.
Deep reporting from The Air Current on Embraer's next new airplane. I sat down with CEO Francisco Gomes Neto recently for a wide ranging interview. The Brazilian plane maker is deep into its 'harvest' and ramping up production of its existing aircraft, but it's looking over the horizon at a wide ranging partnership in the Kingdom and even the prospect of Saudi funds unlocking its next big project. This is a big one to watch. #staycurrent
Giovanni N.
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Excellent article as usual Jon! It is always interesting to see how everybody wants to have a piece of this global/economic pie. Hopefully, they choose a very innovative aircraft configuration to really differentiate Embraer from the rest of OEMs while moving aviation to the future.
Inventor of the Magnecopter™ (Patent Pending)
2wExcellent coverage of the topic! Whether it's AAM or conventional development, the costs are so high now, and growing daily, that 'endlessly deep pockets' have become a necessity for development of traditional aircraft, and, any AAM-type which aspires to certification. However, what if it were NOT a traditional aircraft and what size would the market be, at say $5-10MM a copy for an uncertified, yet highly capable, aircraft for the ROW (rest of world) that cares more about reliable vertol transportation than regulations? Would that market buy a couple hundred units a year? Asking for a friend. Magnecopter.com