<p>Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.</p>


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<p>Forty years after the first flight of the prototype twin-turboprop Bandeirante (designed by Frenchman Max Holste, who also designed the Broussard, France’s equivalent of the DHC-2 Beaver), Embraer celebrated the airplane that launched the company into the aerospace industry. Joining Embraer officials at the celebration held at Embraer headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil, on Sunday were members of the team who built the three Bandeirante prototypes. The freshly restored second prototype was also on hand, having been disassembled and moved to Embraer headquarters, where former and current employees spent a month on the restoration process. The team painted the number-two Bandeirante in the same colors that it sported when it was first rolled out and flown on Oct. 19, 1969: white with a blue stripe in the middle and gray underneath. The interior was also restored with new paneling, seats, carpeting, curtains, closets and lavatory, as well as a carefully refurbished electrical system. The restored second prototype Bandeirante, formerly a Brazilian Air Force airplane, is now part of the Santos Dumont Foundation collection in Cotia. </p>


Embraer Marks Bandeirante 40th Anniversary

Forty years after the first flight of the prototype twin-turboprop Bandeirante (designed by Frenchman Max Holste, who also designed the Broussard, France’s

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