Brazil’s Embraer (Booth 5030, Static SD42) was awarded half a dozen speed record certificates by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) on Tuesday at NBAA 2018 for flights by its Phenom 300, Legacy 450, and Legacy 500 business jets.
The Phenom 300 light jet established a record this April for a flight from Embraer Executive Jets' U.S. headquarters in Melbourne, Florida, to Boston in 2 hours and 38 minutes, averaging 421.40 mph over the 964-nm route. And a midsize Legacy 450 set a new transatlantic speed record during a March flight from Portland, Maine, to Farnborough, UK, covering the 2,752-nm leg in six hours and five minutes, for an average speed of 521.89 mph.
The 450’s larger sibling, the Legacy 500, claimed four new speed records over the U.S.: a January flight from Melbourne to Seattle, a distance of 2,257 nm, averaging 452.20 mph during the 5-hour-45-minute journey. That same day the Legacy 500 flew from Seattle to Anchorage, Alaska, in 3 hours 3 minutes, for an average speed of 471.03 mph over the 1,252 nm route.
In March, a Legacy 500 flight from Aspen, Colorado, to Melbourne averaged 503.74 mph during the 3-hour-16-minute trip, a new record for the 1,423-nm route. And that same month a flight from Melbourne to Youngstown, Ohio, took one hour and 52 minutes to cover the 790-nm distance, averaging a record 488.77 mph.
The NAA and Federation Aeronautique Internationale have confirmed each flight as a U.S. and world record.