Operational History
Deliveries started to the Brazilian Air Force in February 1973. The passenger model first flew on 9 August 1972 and entered commercial service on 16 April 1973 with the now defunct Brazilian airline company Transbrasil.
Over the next 21 years Embraer built 494 aircraft in numerous configurations for a variety of roles including:
- YC-95 or EMB 100 - Prototype, powered by two 550 shp (410 kW) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 turboprop engines. Three built.
- EMB 110 Initial production version, powered by 680 shp (507 kW) PT6A-27 engines - Twelve seat military transport for the Brazilian Air Force, who designate it the C-95. 60 built.
- EMB 110A - Radio calibration version for the Brazilian Air Force (EC-95). Three built.
- EC-95B - Calibration version for the Brazilian Air Force.
- EMB 110B - Aerial survey, aerial photography version. Seven built, six as R-95 for the Brazilian Air Force.
- EMB 110C - The first commercial model, similar to C-95, a 15-seat passenger version.
- EMB 110C(N) - Three navalised EMB 110Cs sold to the Chilean Navy.
- EMB 110E Executive version of EMB 110C. Six to eight seats.
- EMB 110E(J) Modified version of EMB 110E.
- EMB 110K Stretched version with 0.85 m (2 ft 9½ in) fuselage plug and 750 shp (560 kW) PT6A-34 engines and fitted with ventral fin.
- EMB 110K1 - Cargo transport version for the Brazilian Air Force, with cargo door in rear fuselage. 20 built, designated C-95A.
- EMB 110P Dedicated commuter version of EMB 110C for Brazilian airlines, powered by PT6A-27 or -34 engines.
- EMB 110P1 - Quick change civil cargo/passenger transport version based on EMB 110K1, with same rear cargo door.
- EMB 110P2 - Dedicated civil passenger version of EMB 110P1, without cargo door.
- EMB 111A - Maritime patrol version for the Brazilian Air Force. The aircraft also has the Brazilian Air Force designation P-95 Bandeirulha. Two were leased to the Argentine Navy during the Falklands War due to the retirement of their last SP-2H Neptune and until the introduction of modified L-188 Electras.
- P-95B -
- EMB 111AN - Six maritime patrol aircraft sold to the Chilean Navy.
- C-95B - Quick change cargo/passenger version for the Brazilian Air Force.
- EMB 110P1 SAR - Search and rescue version.
- EMB 110P/A - 18 seat passenger version, intended for export.
- EMB 110P1/A - Mixed passenger/freight version with enlarged cargo door.
- EMB 110P1/41 - Cargo/passenger transport aircraft.
- EMB 110P1K/110K - Military version.
- C-95C - The Brazilian Air Force version of the EMB 110P2.
- EMB 110P2
- EMB 110P2/A - Modifications for airline commuter role, seating up to 21 passengers.
- EMB 110P2/41 - 21-seat pressurised commuter airliner.
- EMB 110S1 - Geophysical survey version.
- SC-95 - Search and rescue version for the Brazilian Air Force.
- XC-95 - Rain research version for the Brazilian Air Force.
- C/P-95 - Updated version with modernised avionics.
Production was halted in 1990, as the EMB 110 had been superseded by the increasingly popular EMB120.
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