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Embraer Sells Its 50th Ethanol-Powered Ipanema Crop Duster
By Mr Ethanol | April 24, 2008
Wired News:
The good old Ipanema. It entered service in 1973, and it’s changed with the times.
Neiva, a subsidiary of Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer, recently delivered its 50th ethanol-powered Ipanema, a low-wing agricultural monoplane.
Since 1973, Neiva has sold over 1,000 of the crop dusters, most of them in the Latin American market. The company began selling ethanol versions of the plane in 2002, which makes sense, considering that Brazil is one of the top ethanol producers in the world.
Embraer also has been selling ethanol conversion kits for customers who purchased earlier versions of the plane. The kits, manufactured by Textron Lycoming, sell for $240,000. Embraer says that in addition to reducing fuel costs, converting an Impanema to ethanol cuts maintenance and operating costs by 20%. More.
Topics: Brazil, Ethanol, Industry, News, Technology, Trends |
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