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Check out Jackie Chan's new $20 million private jet

Embraer Legacy 500 Jackie Chan
Embraer Legacy 500 Jackie Chan

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Jackie Chan has a new toy in his collection.

This week, the movie icon took delivery of a brand new Embraer Legacy 500 business jet. This is not Jackie Chan's first private jet, nor is it his first Embraer. Chan, who is also a brand ambassador for the Brazilian airplane maker, took delivery of an Embraer Legacy 650 back in 2012. Jackie's new plane is the first Legacy 500 to be delivered to a Chinese customer.

"The Legacy 500 features our best-to-date technologies and it incorporates designs that maximize passenger comfort and fuel efficiency," Embraer Executive Jets president and CEO Marco Tulio Pellegrini said in a statement.

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Chan seems equally enthused about the newest addition to his fleet.

"I’m so thrilled to receive this Legacy 500, a state-of-art executive jet," he said in a statement.

"In the past few years, my Legacy 650 has brought me fantastic traveling experiences and great convenience, allowing me to do more acting and philanthropic works around the world. I'm sure that the performance of the new Legacy 500 will again exceed my expectations, and become a comfortable mobile home and office for me."

There's no word on whether the new Legacy 500 will join the 650 or replace the 650 in the screen legend's fleet.

Here's a closer look at the Jackie Chan's Embraer Legacy 500.

Jackie Chan took delivery of his first Embraer in 2012. It was a Legacy 650.

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JC's 650 is decked out in a personalized, dragon-themed paint job.

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With the Legacy 500, Jackie gets a much more advanced jet than his current 650.

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So what is the Embraer Legacy 500?

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The Legacy 500 is the latest offering from Brazil's Embraer Aerospace. It's one of the largest airplane makers in the world and produces commercial, private and military aircraft.

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Although it's known in many markets for its regional airliners ...

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... the company has worked hard over the past couple of decades to offer up some truly world-class business jets, like this large-cabin Lineage 1000.

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The Legacy 500 is the company's new midsize business jet, with a range of 3,600 miles.

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It can carry as many as 12 passengers, but most customers go with the eight passenger set-up.

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It's powered by a pair of Honeywell HTF75000E turbofan engines. Each produces more than 7,000 pounds of thrust.

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As a result, the 500 is capable of reaching a maximum speed of 0.83 times the speed of sound, and fly as high as 45,000 feet.

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In the marketplace, the Legacy 500 competes against midsize jets such as the Cessna Citation Sovereign+ and the larger duo of ...

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... the Bombardier Challenger 300 and ...

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... Gulfstream G280.

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Step inside the Legacy 500 ...