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- Today I'm flying something special, Embraer.
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- My name is Jurgen Proust,
I'm the Captain, (electronic twittering)
and our flight today will be from Fort Lauderdale
to Kennedy Space Centre.
- [Sam] What's the new feature on the E2?
- A dream-able aeroplane.
- Clear, take off. - Check.
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- Pao De Queijo. (chuckles) (electronic twittering)
- Oh, okay.
Everybody have a direct aisle access, as well.
Very smart layout. (electronic twittering)
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- It's super comfortable, (engine roaring)
I love all the leg room in the set.
- We're going to see NASA right now.
- When I was a space walker,
and I put the suit on and went outside.
- We choose to go to the moon.
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- Real Apollo rocket.
Wow. - Wow.
- What it's like walking in the space?
- Cause we actually float everywhere you need.
You can see how it's burned.
- See flying E2 in the airport near you.
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- Welcome back to sunny Florida.
Today I'm flying something special.
It's not an A, not a B.
It's a E,
Embraer E2, (electronic twittering)
The E195-E2 Jet right behind me.
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- Yeah, good Morning, my name is Jurgen Proust.
I'm the Captain
onboard of the Embraer
new demonstrator,
The Profit Hunter, (electronic twittering)
E2 195. (whooshing)
And our flight today will be from Fort Lauderdale
to Kennedy Space Centre.
We will take 35 minutes,
at a flight level two, four, zero,
and at 290 knots, approximately.
And I'm accompanied by Captain Perini.
- Hello. - Welcome aboard, everybody.
- [Sam] So Captain Dur,
I wanna know the cockpit feature.
What's the new feature on the E2,
compared to the E1,
the traditional Embraer E Jet?
- In comparison, with the E1.
We have here
four speakable displays. (electronic twittering)
That is very important for
pilot situational awareness.
And you can split,
and we have all the information like charts and maps.
And this is marked and mapped.
Through this map you can programme the FMES.
- For an E1 Pilot,
who wakes up after a well slept night
in an E2 cockpit,
he will find a dream-able aeroplane.
The aeroplane he dreamed have in the E1,
he has it in the E2.
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Romial feature.
- Okay, stand by...
- This engine takes about 90 seconds to start.
The first 45 seconds is only to stabilise
the rotation of the core,
and then it puts the ignition and fuel.
Starting number one. (switch clicks)
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- The green aeroplane is where we're parked,
and we're gonna take off from the runway 10 left.
So here it goes, arch four and initial altitude?
- 3000 - 3000
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Fex sign span out?
Okay, set. - Pressurisation, Daniel.
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- [Jurgen] Line up and wait
10 left. - Your right side aircraft
is still on the runway.
- [Tower] Romeo, Zulu, India, Quebec turn left,
heading zero eight zero,
runway one zero left, free for takeoff.
- Okay, turn left, after across the zero eight zero,
on the one zero left, clear takeoff,
Poppa, Romeo, Zulu, India, Quebec.
(Jurgen commenting) (engines roaring)
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- [Jurgen] Proust, check.
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- 80? - Checked.
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- [Tower] We've got a 23, 24 flight in zero, niner five.
Men and equipment left and right of runway.
- Veer, repeat.
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(assistant commenting) - Got her up.
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Set it then.
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(whooshing) - And this flight's
really, really short here,
and Wilson is comped in for jump seat for takeoff.
And then staggered business class,
12 staggered seats here in this cabin then.
Different, various pitch of economy class is back.
This is the famous Brazilian.
- Yeah, it's a special bread
from Brazil. - How do you say it, this one?
- Pao de queijo. (electronic twittering)
- Oh, okay.
- Would you like to try it?
- Oh, I love the cheese bread, yes.
Look at this. - Okay.
- Mm. (lips smacking)
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Instead of having the traditional two and two,
I think it's really smart having staggered
two and two in business class like this.
It's almost like long haul aeroplanes
stagger all direct aisle access,
but on a regional aeroplane.
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I must say, the windows are really, really large
on this E Jet E2.
On the traditional E Jet you have one and two,
in first class like this,
but, because it's staggered,
you can fit one more seat, (electronic twittering)
so it's two and two.
Everybody have a direct aisle access as well.
Very smart layout. (electronic twittering)
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(engines roaring) - Fourteen,
Thirteen,
twenty,
ten.
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- [Sam] How you feel about the flight?
- The flight was really, really quick,
which I really enjoyed, and super comfortable.
I love all the leg room in the sets.
- [Sam] Yeah, just in the nice window seat right there.
Yeah, there you go. - Yeah.
- You impressed about this aeroplane?
- Yeah, I'm really, really impressed.
You got a big window and a beautiful view.
- Cool, thank you. - Thanks.
- [Sam] Whoa, look at this.
Very nice.
- Welcome to the NASA Shuttle Landing Facility.
The runway we just landed has
fifteen thousand and one feet.
- [Sam] Very privileged to fly with you, Captain.
- Thank you very much, welcome.
That has priority. (laughs)
- We just arrived at the Kennedy Space Centre,
where the NASA launch their Space Shuttle,
15,001 feet on the runway.
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We're going to see NASA right now,
coming to the Kennedy Space Centre for a tour.
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- Flew a lot of different aeroplanes in the Navy,
and mostly Tom Cats.
If you're not familiar with F14 Tom Cat,
that's the one in the movie with Tom Cruise,
but I got to fly it for real.
I flew over 25 different aeroplanes in the Navy,
and I flew two Space Shuttle missions,
nine days on Endeavour,
16 days on Columbia.
But I was a spacewalker,
and I put the suit on and went outside,
so I conducted three EVAs over
my two Space Shuttle missions.
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- We choose to go to the moon. (crowd cheering)
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- [Video] Clearing you guys for solo.
- This is a real Apollo rocket,
but it didn't fly, obviously,
because the programme cancelled.
- Wow. - Wow.
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- Space Shuttle pads, pads 39A and 39B,
we launched off B.
- [Sam] So you can be alternating,
it can be any of them.
- Well they could have, that's right.
They were identical pads for the Space Shuttle.
- Oh, right. - We launched from either,
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- What it's like walking in the space?
- We call it walking, but of course,
you actually float everywhere you need to go.
And what I did was put on
this big, bulky, heavy suit,
and exited the Space Shuttle,
and then worked outside in space,
conducting all kinds of experiments.
It's physically very demanding,
because you're moving hundreds of pounds of mass around
at any given moment, in space.
Even when you're outside with the space suit on,
you can feel the difference in temperature,
from the light side to the dark side.
You can see the difference in how the Earth looks.
You can see the difference in the environment.
It's just a incredible experience.
- [Sam] It's like a truly zero gravity.
- Oh, it is zero gravity,
and it's continuous, 24/7
continuous weightlessness. - Oh my god.
- And there's no way you can simulate that on Earth.
The first time you experience it,
is when you go into orbit.
- [Sam] What are some of the messages
to the young people
who aspire to be astronaut?
Could you tell us your message?
- Well, my message for young people is the same,
whether you want to be an astronaut
or any other profession.
You've got to get a good education.
It doesn't matter what you want to do in life,
if you get that good education,
then you will be able to do it.
Young people, go to school, do your homework.
Education is the key.
- [Sam] Thank you, Winston, thank you.
- Theirs had to be lighter,
because they're walking around in a gravitational field,
and mine was 350 pounds,
so there's no way you can walk around in it.
If you look at the bottom,
of the capsule. - Yeah.
- You can see how it's burned,
and that's just due to the heat from re-entry.
This is the actual space capsule
that came back with the Apollo.
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- Look at this. (people chattering)
it's five exhausts, wow.
Incredible, incredible stuff.
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(whooshing) - Now what you see here
is the E2 195, Profit Hunter.
It's our biggest family member of the E2 family.
As you can see,
it's got beautiful, big wing engines
from Pratt and Whitney.
It's got a beautiful long wing,
and a beautiful livery,
called the Tech Lion. (electronic twittering)
The lion obviously related to the hunter.
We did an eagle.
We did a tiger,
and we did a shark,
and with this aircraft,
we kind of blended and new hunter, the lion,
with the tech background of the aircraft.
- So it's a Tech Lion, - Tech Lion.
- Technology. - That's it.
Tech for technology. - Like technology lion.
A digital scheme. - Yeah.
- Yeah, very cool. (clicking synth music)
So we had a quick tour of the Space Centre.
Now it's flying back,
boarding on the E2 Jet, back to Fort Lauderdale.
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So we're just on our way back,
and I try out the first class.
Now come back to economy.
Here it's a 34 seat pitch here.
It's pretty wide.
I must say, the engine starts very, very quiet here.
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- [Tower] Poppa, Romeo, Zulu, India, Quebec,
as you reach the runway,
back taxi on runway one five,
and there'll be a vehicle
at the 10,000 foot remaining
on the west side of the runway.
That'll be the vehicle waitin'
to take pictures, when you depart.
- Take, yeah. - Take.
- [Jurgen] Of the runway, so you're gonna leave
the 5,000 feet behind us
for takeoff starting point.
- [Tower] Thank you.
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- [Man] We are going to space.
- It's not our proper lanes. - It's not half power,
Poppa, Romeo, Zulu, India, Quebec.
Lining up runway one five,
ready for departure.
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- A surge. - E1, rotate.
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Oh, as it iterates. - Get up.
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- This is a special cake from Brazil.
The name is Brigadeiro.
- Wow. - It's amazing.
- The cake come from Brazil. - Yes.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
It's for you. - 40th and 50th, wow.
- 40 and 50 Embraer announce.
- It's the Embraer 50th birthday cake right now.
Thank you. (upbeat music)
That was a very short flight.
We are starting our approach in Fort Lauderdale.
I like the Embraer salesman was telling me,
the two, two, there's no middle seats
on the regional jet like this,
actually very long regional jets.
The configuration like this can seat up to 146 people,
a one heavy band Z, 120, with two class,
like on this particular demonstrator.
And the window,
this is, I think, one of the tremendous,
biggest size window.
Looking out, it's just so enjoyable
for an AvGeek like me.
I hope you like the plane,
and tell me which original jet is your favourite.
I love to read your comments.
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(people chatting)
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Well, that was the end of my (strong rock music)
short Embraer demonstration flight.
I hope you like the E2,
and see flying the E2 in the airport near you.
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