Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano

what is it?

The Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano (lit. 'Super Toucan'), also named ALX or A-29, is a Brazilian turboprop light attack and counter-insurgency aircraft designed and built by Embraer as a development of the Embraer EMB 312 Tucano. The A-29 Super Tucano carries a wide variety of weapons, including precision-guided munitions, and was designed to be a low-cost system operated in low-threat environments. In addition to production in Brazil, Embraer assembles A-29 Super Tucanos in Jacksonville, Florida, in partnership with Sierra Nevada Corporation, for American and Foreign Military Sales customers.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 turboprop · 11.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 590 km/htop speed
• range 1,330 kmwithout refuelling
• size 5,400 kgmax take-off weight
• built 260made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 27 years ago, in 1999.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.1 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,330 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight

1999-06-02

introduced

2003

status

still flying

number built

260

role

light attack and counter-insurgency aircraft

origin

🇧🇷 Brazil

makers

Embraer

engines

1× Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68C

crew

2

length

11.4 m

wingspan

11.1 m

height

4 m

max take-off weight

5,400 kg

top speed

590 km/h

cruise speed

520 km/h

range

1,330 km

ceiling

10,668 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.