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Saab Gripen Fighter Jets To Undergo Supersonic Test-Flight With The Brazilian Air Force
March 9, 2021
The Saab F-39E Gripen fighter jets belonging to the Brazilian Air Force will undergo supersonic test-flights. The BAF said that the aircraft will be flying from the Gripen Flight Test Center at Embraer’s facilities in Gaviao Peixoto in southeast Brazil.
“All flights follow procedures defined by the authorities and are carried out at high altitudes, above [16,000ft]. These flights, carried out by Saab, are essential to test the performance and functions of the new aircraft, to continue the certification and acceptance procedures for the aircraft, which arrived in Brazil in September 2020,” said the Brazilian Air Force.
- March 9, 2021, 10:47 AM
Ozires Silva, left, who helped found Embraer in 1969, joined a list of industry pioneers ranging from William Boeing to Igor Sikorsky and Charles Lindbergh who have received the Daniel Guggenheim Medal. (Photo: David McIntosh)
Embraer co-founder Ozires Silva was honored with the Daniel Guggenheim Medal, becoming the first Brazilian to receive the international recognition. Established in 1929 to honor innovators who have made notable achievements in the advancement of aeronautics, the medal is jointly sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, SAE International, and the Vertical Flight Society
“This distinguished recognition to Ozires Silva reflects his innovative and exceptional contributions to aviation. His passion, courage, and leadership paved the way for Embraer to expand in ways that few imagined, transforming regional aviation, and leading our company to be admired globally,�
Direct Relief Donates $530,000 to Bring Oxygen to Covid-Stricken City in the Brazilian Amazon
Direct Relief made the grant to the Foundation for Amazon Sustainability to purchase an estimated 350 oxygen concentrators. The donation was facilitated by the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force and Health Bridges International.
Witoto indigenous tribe homes in the Parque das Tribos neighborhood of Manaus, Brazil. Severe oxygen shortages at hospitals in Brazil s Amazon prompted local authorities to impose a curfew and airlift patients to other states to deal with the onslaught of a second coronavirus wave. Photographer: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The oxygen needed to keep Covid-19 patients alive has been in short supply around the world. Combine the shortage with a surging virus in an isolated region with limited access to medical resources, and you have a situation like the one in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
Brazil conducts extreme cold weather trials for KC/C-390 in Alaska
15 February 2021
by Gareth Jennings
Brazil has conducted extreme cold weather testing of the Embraer KC/C-390 Millennium transport aircraft in Alaska.
A KC/C-390 airlifter was flown to Fairbanks in Alaska for extreme cold weather trials earlier in February. (Brazilian Air Force)
The Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira: FAB) announced on 12 February that it had despatched one of its recently acquired airlifters to Fairbanks to be exposed to temperatures as low as -37.8°C (-47.8°C including wind chill).
“The Brazilian Air Force and Embraer started the tests of extreme cold (Cold Soak) of the KC-390 Millennium in the United States on 8 February. The mission aims to verify the integration of all subsystems and the robustness of the new FAB freighter in a hostile environment, with extremely low temperature conditions,” the service said.