Embraer Press Conference Liveblog

#NBAA08 Know this acronym: BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India and China.
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#NBAA08 Next available position for Phenom 100 is 2010. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Affonso: 20% of sales were air taxi, feel much safer with "traditional models" as branded charters. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
Retweet @flightblogger: Photo: Gulfstream G250 http://poprl.com/2CX #NBAA08 about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 "Phenom 100 will meet or exceed all performance goals" about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 What about that gap? "We have our hands full." "Could be [a 7th product]. Not thinking about that now." about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 $6B backlog. About 1/3 of total Embraer backlog. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Phenom 100/300 simulators ready in Dallas by the end of the year. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 First flight of Lineage 1000 flew October 3 with new interior installed. Final systems updates at SJK. Heading to mid-east this year about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Lineage 1000 will have heads up display with EVS. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Under assembly at PATS in US on Lineage E-190. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Legacy 600 will be kept up to date. Next position available in 2010. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
Retweet @dansleezer: #NBAA08 coverage continues from @dansleezer @ryankeough and @jetwhine about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Wind tunnel testing for 450/500 underway. $750 m program to develop both. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Legacy 450/500 full stand-up cabin. 6 feet tal. FBW, side stick, HTF engines, and almost all suppliers selected. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 $200,000 increase in Phenom 300 price. Damn, I had just saved enough for the old price! about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Latin America and European deliveries in 2009 for Ph100. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Phenom 100 and 300 will have synth vision functionality. Water ingestion tests completed in Aug. 08 on Ph300. All 2008 Ph100 to US. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
Phenom 300 is here at #NBAA08. I remember when she was born. They grow up so fast.http://poprl.com/2Cq about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Phenom 100 only $2.98 million. Get em while their hot. Price expected to go up before the year is over. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Phenom 100 certification expected by the end of October early November. 10-15 deliveries in 2008. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Phenom 100 performance confirmed, weights are frozen. Range fuel burn, take off and landing length. Static tests complete. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Phenom 100: 1,200 flight test hours completed, 400 maturity hours, 1,600 flown so far. "Very close to end of campaign." about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Icing tests on Phenom 100 in flight and on the ground for cold soak at Eglin Air Force Base. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Could a large cabin, ultra long range Embraer Exec Jet sit on an E-170 platform? What do you think? about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
There's a noticible hole in Embraer's market in the Large/Ultra-Long Range segment. Are they trying to fill it? about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Growth is driven by emerging markets. 7.5% increase from Asia Pac & China v. 2.1% increase in North America. This tells the story. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Embraer expects 13K exec jets sold between 2008-2017. $200B market. about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Short term Embraer expectations show market slippage over the next 2-4 years. about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck
#NBAA08 Long term positive view of business aviation even with potential slowdown in global economy. about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck
@HumanFolly #NBAA08 is the National Business Aviation Association Conference in Orlando. Currently live blogging an Embraer press conf. about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to HumanFolly
#NBAA08 Luis Carlos Affonso going over marketing data for Exec-Jets. Expects book to build ratio to drop below 1