Embraer – First Flight KC-390

Gavião Peixoto – SP, February 3, 2015

Embraer today successfully performed the first flight of the new military transport and aerial refueling jet, the KC-390.

Test pilots Mozart Louzada and Marcos Salgado de Oliveira Lima and flight test engineers Raphael Lima and Roberto Becker flew the aircraft for 1 hour and 25 minutes, conducting an evaluation of flying qualities and performance.