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Work on the development of a new basic trainer
for the Brazilian air force began in January
1978, the product of a design team led by Ing.
Joseph Kovacs. A contract for two prototypes and
two static test airframes was awarded to the
company by the Brazilian Ministry of Aeronautics
on 6 December 1978. Given the company
designation Embraer EMB-312 and known to the
Brazilian air force as the T-27, the type was
named Tucano (Toucan) on 23 October 1981.
The EMB.312 is a single-engine turboprop, low
wing, equipped with a turbine Pratt &Whitney
Canada PT6A-25C of 750shp, driving a
three-bladed propeller, with student and
instructor sitting in tandem under a single
hood, opening sidelong. The ejection seats are
placed so that the instructor, sitting behind in
a higher position, has almost complete
visibility ahead.
Variants
- EMB-312 The standard production
model.
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- T-27 Two-seat basic training aircraft for the
Brazilian Air Force.
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- AT-27 Two-seat light attack version for the
Brazilian Air Force.
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- EMB-312F France model with
French avionics
EMB312H / AT-29
Single-engine turboprop of new generation
EMB-312H ALX
Single seat version
Short Brothers
Tucano
Tucano T.Mk 1: basic trainer version developed
and built by Short Brothers in Belfast, in
collaboration with EMBRAER.
One-hundred-and-thirty, each powered by a
Garrett TPE331-12B engine driving a Hartzell
four-bladed propeller, ordered for RAF.
Tucano T.Mk 51: Twelve
Shorts-built armed aircraft ordered by Kenyan
air force in 1988 for weapons training. First
example flown in October 1989 and delivered in
1990.
Tucano T.Mk 52: Sixteen
Shorts-built basic trainers ordered by Kuwait
Air Force in February 1989 for delivery in 1991.
Super Tucano
The Super Toucano Super
Emb-312 Toucan ALX (AT-29) is a single-engine
turboprop of new generation, with spaced out
seats in tandem, made to size for multiple
applications, including missions of internal
security, operational support, antiguerrilla and
basic/advanced training. The aircraft is
available in versions of one or two places, in
accordance with the mission the one that if
destines. The up-powered EMB-312H Super Tucano,
was developed during the early 1990s and offered
to the US in JPAATS contest. The aircraft was
also a contender for the NATO Flying Training in
Canada program. A single seat version, the
EMB-312H ALX, has since been ordered by Brazil
for specialist ground attack units.
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