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Aero shipped the first rear fuselage for Embraer KC-390

Issue No. 6 | March 16-31, 2014

The biggest aerostructure ever made in the Czech Republic by Aero will be delivered to the Brazilian customer by one of the world’s largest cargo airplanes – almost seventy metres long AN-124 Ruslan.

For Embraer, third biggest aerospace manufacturer in the world, Aero delivers rear fuselage, cargo ramp, all cabin doors and wing fixed leading edge (FLE) for the state of the art, military transport aircraft, the KC-390. It is also responsible for the design and development of the FLE. The rear fuselage which was sent today is – with the dimensions of 6.5x4.5x3.3 metres – the biggest aerostructure ever made in the Czech Republic.

For this reason, even the transportation of the rear fuselage is a challenge. The rear fuselage will be delivered to Brazil by An-124 Ruslan, manufactured by Ukrainian company Antonov, which is one of the world’s largest serial-produced cargo airplanes. This four-engine high-wing aircraft has a cargo space over a thousand cubic metres and can carry up to 150 tonnes of payload.