JOHAN VISSCHEDIJK COLLECTION
No. 7282. Embraer EMB-120-3 Brasilia (PT-ZBA c/n 120001)
Photograph from McDonnell Douglas

Embraer EMB-120-3 Brasilia

12/31/2007. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This was the first Brasilia prototype configured as a test bed for the 1,100 shp Garrett TPE-331-12B turboprop that had been selected for the Embraer/FMA CBA-123 Vector. This three-engined aircraft first flew on January 4, 1989. It was affectively known as A Coisa (The Thing) by the flight test technicians."


Created December 31, 2007