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| Flightglobal flight tests the Epic LT Read the article. Click here. Letter from the President of Epic Builders, Pilots, Aircraft Owners and Epic Enthusiasts, In 2010 Epic Aircraft emerged from the peril of financial destruction. While we can easily focus on the difficulties of the past year, I would like to point out some of our accomplishments. In April, LT Builders Group LLC purchased the assets of the Epic companies in a "363 sale." Through these and other lengthy court procedures and private negotiations, we secured the original facility, tooling, and intellectual property. By summertime, we had customers and established supplier relationships like Pratt & Whitney and Garmin. Also, we opened up our maintenance facility for existing aircraft. During the slack time between startup and production, our experienced team completed development on several performance enhancements for the existing fleet. In the fall, aircraft kit owners were back in the building working on their airplanes. By Christmas, we had two airplanes nearly complete sitting on their gear with their brand new Pratt & Whitney engines staring fiercely at the door. Of course we have experienced some headwinds along the way, but that can’t stop a big turbine powered Epic LT and it can’t stop us! I would like to personally thank all of the partners who believed in our effort and backed up that belief with money. Also, I want to thank the former employees who suffered through tremendous personal adversity and came back to help us get this new company started. As well, I want to welcome those new faces that have helped put an exciting new enthusiastic smile on the effort we call Epic. There are nearly 30 LT's flying and many of you flying them have supported our effort, bought parts or service, or just expressed your moral support for our effort –thank you. Finally, I want to thank the many suppliers who have welcomed us and supported us. With 2011 underway, Epic welcomes those new customers who have signed up to start in the 1st quarter of the year. Our flight plan has us attending Sun-n-Fun, Oshkosh, and AOPA this year. We hope to see you there. Happy New Year, Doug & all the team at Epic Aircraft  Welcome our newest member to the "Epic 500 mph Club"Here is picture of Mac Lewis in N468TT doing GS = 454 kts; (522 mph) from October 2010, over Michigan. Gallery of our customers building their Epics has been added One of the most rewarding parts of owning an Epic is building it yourself with the supervision and support of our talented staff. Click here to see others building their Epics at our Bend, OR factory. Partially-completed Epic LT positions available In addition to selling new kits, we have 2 Epic LT’s partially completed that could be finished for a total savings of $100,000 and a 3—6 month time savings. Call Doug for more info (541) 318-8849 x 11 Full support for existing Epic aircraft • Recurrent training- • Maintenance- • Annual condition inspections- • Repairs- •Upgrades- Mick Guinn, IA, A&P—Manages the flight line and has already been providing excellent service and support for Epic LT's and even for some Lancairs. Call or email Mick mickg@epicaircraft.com (541) 318-8849 x 17 Rich Finley, CFII—Provides initial and recurrent training for Epic LT's. Get your BFR, IPC, or insurance approved recurrent training from Rich today. Fly on in to the Epic facility at BDN or arrange for Rich to come to you. rich@epicaircraft.com (541) 318-8849 x 16 Kevin Perkins—Call Kevin for your parts needs. Kevin knows all the vendors and can get standard and proprietary Epic parts for you or your mechanic. kevinp@epicaircraft.com (541) 318-8849 x 29 Aircraft Construction School, LLC In order to complete an existing Epic LT project at the facility, you will need to enroll yourself or a project partner in ACS. The enrollment covers all facility usage, training, and assistance to finish your LT project. Parts will be purchased at low contract pricing as required. We can now sell new PT6A-67A engines. Karl Baldessari—Karl was the former manager of the Cessna plant in Bend. He brings a wealth of management and manufacturing experience to the Epic family. One of his many tasks since our re-birth has been persuading the FAA to allow builders to complete their aircraft under a more understandable and reasonable set of rules. ÊNow that he has that accomplished, we are ready to start the process of completing these aircraft. karl@epicaircraft.com (541) 318-8849 x 20- Epic Aircraft, LLC We are back to selling kits! We have a nearly complete LT kit in stock ready for an October delivery. We are also taking orders for Victory and Escape Kits. We expect to be able to start making Victory and Escape kits by October. We will be upgrading the engine on the Victory to the PW617. The Escape will continue to use the Honeywell TPE331-10 engine. That "-10" engine is available used/overhauled at significant discount, allowing for a 5 seat, 300+ knot aircraft complete for right at around $1 million.- Please call me, Doug King, if you have any questions or would like more information on our products and services at Epic. doug@epicaircraft.com (541) 318-8849 x 11 LT Builders Group, LLC has acquired the assets of the Epic Aircraft companies On April 8th, 2010, LT Builders Group LLC purchased the assets, intellectual property, and rights to the companies Aircraft Investors Resources, Epic Air, and Aircraft Completion Services. LTB has leased the former facility and expects to open for operation on June 8th, 2010. Please forward any questions to info@epicaircraft.com More to come Become Part of an Epic Company We are looking for skilled labor for numerous positions Click here for a complete listing. Fax your resume to 541-382-5125 to the attention of Human Resources. Or mail to: Human Resources |
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