Day 45 – Embraer aircraft factory, Brasil
Donovan met me at the security post at Embraer and I got signed in. I finally got to meet some of the people in his division who I had worked with for year by email and phone. We toured around the factory and see where they building the EMB145 and EMB 170s and 190s. We visited the delivery hangar where there were airplanes ready to fly away to their new home. I got to crawl around a new 190 and got my recorder fix by touching not 1 but 2 dual combis. Nice airplane! Airbus better watch out, the competition is gaining. I saw a plane on the tarmac that was Saudi airlines. Someone was telling me the bathroom configuration is all different than standard because of some religious observations. You learn something new everyday…It was nice to talk shop for a bit.
We picked up Cecilia and headed to the Sao Jose Aeroclube. One of their friends is building a UAV in a hangar and working on a commercial venture. Very cool project. We headed to dinner and had the best risotto I have ever tried, yummee…
We picked up Ce
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