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Embraer will introduce a system to automate the takeoff of its E2 jetliner family, a major technology step forward that expands automation to a phase of flight that throughout commercial aviation history has been exclusively controlled by human hands.
The dryly-named E2 Enhanced Take Off System (E2TS), marries the jet’s auto throttle and flight control systems to precisely tailor the point of aircraft rotation during takeoff. E2TS optimizes the climb-out trajectory “reducing the required field length and pilot workload; meaning more payload and more range from challenging airports,” the company said in its announcement at the Farnborough International Airshow.
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With the new system, Embraer said it can tailor the payload capability of the aircraft to add as much as 350 nautical miles of additional range for operations out of airports like London City with its short 4,948-foot runway in the middle of the city’s financial district. As part of its announcement, Embraer touted the potential of the capability to enable non-stop flying to cities as far from London City as Moscow, Ankara, Athens and Laayoune, Morocco.
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