(NSI News Source Info) Sao Jose dos Campos - August 18, 2009: Embraer delivered the second prototype of the CBA 123 airplane, last Friday, to the Aerospace Museum (Museu Aeroespacial – MUSAL). The ceremony was held at the museum, at Campo dos Afonsos, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Embraer restored the aircraft as part of the activities in commemoration of the Company’s 40th anniversary, and it will be on display in the main exhibition hall, next to the first prototype of the Bandeirante, which was the first airplane manufactured by Embraer. 
The Embraer/FMA CBA 123 Vector was a 1990 turboprop aircraft designed for regional flights, to carry up to 19 passengers. The program arose from a partnership between the Brazilian company Embraer and the Argentine company Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA) (now named Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina SA). The project was an advanced turbopropeller aircraft for its time, including advanced technology in avionics, aerodynamics, and propulsion.*
“It is a great honor for Embraer to see the CBA 123 exhibited in Brazil’s largest aerospace museum,” said Pedro Ferraz, Director of the Embraer Education and Research Institute. “We have a very special place in our hearts for this airplane. Although it was not produced in series, for commercial reasons, the CBA 123 represented a significant technological advance for Brazil’s aeronautics industry. It will undoubtedly be well cared for at the MUSAL.”
Students in the general mechanics course of the National Industrial Apprenticeship Service (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial – SENAI) participated in the restoration of the second prototype of the CBA 123, tail number PT-ZVB, which was concluded last May. The airplane was exhibited, in June, to employees at Embraer’s headquarters, in São José dos Campos, outstate São Paulo, and later transferred to Rio de Janeiro. “We are very proud to receive the CBA 123, which will further enrich MUSAL’s collection,” said Air Force Major-General Márcio Bhering Cardoso, the museum’s Director.
“We already have other historic Embraer airplanes, like the Bandeirante, the Xavante, and the AMX. Now, visitors will get to know another aircraft produced by the Company.”
The MUSAL (www.musal.aer.mil.br), which was founded in 1973, covers 163,500 square feet (15,195 square meters), including a two-story building and five hangars. The exhibition rooms hold the main historical collections of aviation pioneers and the main hall shows the museum’s oldest aircraft to an average annual attendance of 60,000 visitors.
The Embraer/FMA CBA 123 Vector was a 1990 turboprop aircraft designed for regional flights, to carry up to 19 passengers. The program arose from a partnership between the Brazilian company Embraer and the Argentine company Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA) (now named Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina SA). The project was an advanced turbopropeller aircraft for its time, including advanced technology in avionics, aerodynamics, and propulsion.*
“It is a great honor for Embraer to see the CBA 123 exhibited in Brazil’s largest aerospace museum,” said Pedro Ferraz, Director of the Embraer Education and Research Institute. “We have a very special place in our hearts for this airplane. Although it was not produced in series, for commercial reasons, the CBA 123 represented a significant technological advance for Brazil’s aeronautics industry. It will undoubtedly be well cared for at the MUSAL.”
Students in the general mechanics course of the National Industrial Apprenticeship Service (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial – SENAI) participated in the restoration of the second prototype of the CBA 123, tail number PT-ZVB, which was concluded last May. The airplane was exhibited, in June, to employees at Embraer’s headquarters, in São José dos Campos, outstate São Paulo, and later transferred to Rio de Janeiro. “We are very proud to receive the CBA 123, which will further enrich MUSAL’s collection,” said Air Force Major-General Márcio Bhering Cardoso, the museum’s Director.
“We already have other historic Embraer airplanes, like the Bandeirante, the Xavante, and the AMX. Now, visitors will get to know another aircraft produced by the Company.”
The MUSAL (www.musal.aer.mil.br), which was founded in 1973, covers 163,500 square feet (15,195 square meters), including a two-story building and five hangars. The exhibition rooms hold the main historical collections of aviation pioneers and the main hall shows the museum’s oldest aircraft to an average annual attendance of 60,000 visitors.
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