Embraer Legacy 500 Sets Speed Marks

Embraer trumpeted two new speed records for its Honeywell HTF7500E-powered Legacy 500 twinjet at the show Wednesday, bringing the total this year to six. The newest records were for Burbank, CA, to Hawaii with five passengers and the return flight to Phoenix. “These new speed records reaffirm the...
Fred George

Fred is a senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and Aviation Week's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades.

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