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The Embraer EMB 312 Tucano (English: Toucan) is a low-wing, tandem-seat, single-turboprop, basic trainer and light attack aircraft developed and produced by Embraer in Brazil. The Brazilian Air Force sponsored the EMB-312 project at the end of 1978.
These aircraft supported interdiction of troops and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh Trail by illuminating targets for laser-guided bombs dropped by McDonnell F-4 Phantom IIs. [18] After 1974, these aircraft were converted back to an unmodified OV-10A standard. [19] At least 157 OV-10As were delivered to the USAF before production ended in April 1969.
While military aircraft made up the majority of Embraer's products during the 1970s and early 1980s, including the Embraer AT-26 Xavante and the Embraer EMB 312 Tucano, [citation needed] it debuted a regional airliner, the Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante, which made its first flight in 1968, [18] and the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, launched in 1985. [19]
The Tucano Replica is scale replica of the 1980s vintage Embraer EMB 312 Tucano turboprop trainer and features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. A fixed gear model has been developed for the US light sport aircraft ...
Short-operated prototype, 1991. On 30 December 1986, the first standard production model Tucano T.Mk 1 was flown; its official rollout took place on 20 January 1987. [3] On 10 March 1987, the second aircraft made its first flight, and, by April, a third Tucano had joined the test fleet for clearance and final testing, which was largely undertaken at MOD Boscombe Down. [4]
EP Aviation based in McLean, Virginia, is an aviation company owned by Academi (formerly Blackwater Security). Assets may include an Embraer Super Tucano [1] [2] [3] and 28 other aircraft [4] including eight SA330J Puma and 14 Bell 412 helicopters. [5]
In 2022, Senate Bill 2512 proposed that the state develop a new executive fleet: Aircraft 1 would be for exclusive use by the Governor, Aircraft 2 would be available to the Lieutenant Governor, cabinet members, Chief Justice and Justices of the Florida Supreme Court, and Aircraft 3 would be for use by the Florida Senate President or Speaker of ...
On 15 August 2021, an Embraer 314 aircraft belonging to the Afghan Armed Forces crashed in the Sherabad district of the Surkhandarya region of the Republic of Uzbekistan. [29] On 16 November 2023, two Indonesian Air Force Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano crashed on the slopes of Mount Bromo, near Keduwung Village, Puspo District, Pasuruan, East ...