In a first, Embraer plans automated takeoff for E2 jetliners

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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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Jon Ostrower
Jon Ostrower is Editor-in-chief of The Air Current, where he leads coverage of the global aerospace and aviation industries. Prior to launching TAC in June 2018, Mr. Ostrower served as Aviation Editor for CNN Worldwide, guiding the network’s global coverage of the business and operations of aviation. Mr. Ostrower joined CNN in 2016 following four and a half years at the Wall Street Journal. Based first in Chicago and then in Washington, D.C., he covered Boeing, aviation safety, and the business of global aerospace. Before that, Mr. Ostrower was editor of FlightBlogger for Flightglobal and Flight International Magazine covering the development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and other new aircraft programs from 2007 to 2012. He is also an instructor at the University of Southern California in the Viterbi School of Engineering's Aviation Safety and Security program. Mr. Ostrower, a Boston native, graduated from The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs with a bachelor’s degree in Political Communication. He is based in Seattle.
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