Embraer looks at this aircraft as a game-changer in business aviation, perhaps even to the degree that Gulfstream hopes to make a similar change with their future supersonic bizjet. I tend to agree, if only to acknowledge that fly-by-wire opens up a lot of doors to navigation, flying qualities, and even failure mitigation, that are a lot harder with other systems. There is little details on the first flight, but a video put out by the company implies that the gear came up and a larger-than-typical portion of the planned envelope was explored on the first flight. As happens so often, FlightGlobal had a very early story.
http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/forums/embraer-legacy-500-makes-flawless-first-flight-90660.aspx
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