Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 16:39:25 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from vineyard.net ([204.17.195.90] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b8) with ESMTP id 332698 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:03:08 -0400 Received-SPF: error receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.17.195.90; envelope-from=ted@vineyard.net Received: from localhost (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by vineyard.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4660B91B9D for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:02:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from vineyard.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (king1.vineyard.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 47050-01-72 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:02:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from direct (fsy1.vineyard.net [66.101.65.1]) by vineyard.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 550E1918B1 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:02:36 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-Message-ID: <001101c4717f$2ce35de0$01416542@direct> From: "Ted Stanley" X-Original-To: "Mail List Lancair" Subject: re: Epic Aircraft X-Original-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:07:23 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS-king1 at Vineyard.NET for Ed and others the item below may be of interest ..... it's from Aviation International News. I have to applaud Rick for his apparently innovative approach in attempting to conquer two significant hurdles at the same time, funding for certification, and in service difficulty discovery prior to production. Looks like a hell of a plane. Ted Stanley July 22, 2004 Epic LT Turboprop Single Makes First Flight Holding to a schedule announced last year, Epic Aircraft of Las Vegas flew its prototype Epic LT for the first time on Saturday, July 17, from Redmond Airport, not far from the company's research and development facility in Bend, Ore., where the airplane was assembled. Dave Morss was the test pilot. "We now have about 15 flight hours on it," Epic CEO and co-owner Rick Schrameck told AIN Alerts yesterday. "We'll probably have about 25 hours on the airplane before we take it to [EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis.] later this week, where we plan to unveil it on Monday." At the EAA AirVenture last year, Epic announced it would show the composite, turboprop single at this year's event. Schrameck said normal-category certification of the $1.9 million, six-seat Epic is still planned for first quarter 2006. Before then, however, the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-powered aircraft is being offered in a kit-built form, with about 15 already sold at a price of $1.2 million each. "Customers may build their own 51 percent of the aircraft only in our facility, and we'll watch the process very closely," Schrameck said. "This will help us learn and improve our production process for the certified airplane." He expects the second Epic to be flying by the end of January.