Head Pilot, Mike Hooper, Sets New Epic Ground Speed Record
12/31/06 Flying Over Baja California – While traveling home from Cabo San Lucas, the Epic reached 458 ktas. Visit GroundSpeedRecords.com to see more.
| Epic | |
| 2006 Epic LT | 458 kts NEW - 436 kts NEW |
| Beechcraft | |
| King Air 90 | 360 kts - 321 kts - 300 kts |
| King Air B200 | 431 kts - 413 kts - 400 kts |
| King Air 350 | 434 kts - 410 kts |
| Beech 99 | |
| Beech 400 | |
| Beech 1900C | 359 kts |
| Beech 1900D | 403 kts - 395 kts - 362 kts |
| De Havilland Canada | |
| DHC-6 Twin Otter | 247 kts - 226 kts |
| DHC-7 Dash 7 | |
| DHC-8 Dash 8 | 377 kts - 349 kts |
| Embrear | |
| EMB-110 Bandeirante | 283 kts - 256 kts |
| EMB-120 Brasilia | 422 kts - 419 kts - 383 kts |
| Fairchild | |
| Swearingen Metro II | 413 kts |
| Swearingen Metro III | 379 kts - 379 kts |
| Swearingen Metro IV | 429 kts - 411 kts - 386 kts NEW |
| Fokker | |
| F27 | 329 kts - 321 kts |
| F50 | 426 kts - 369 kts - 355 kts |
| Lockheed | |
| L-188 Electra | 455 kts - 428 kts - 421 kts |
| Pilatus | |
| PC-12 | 439 kts - 423 kts - 410 kts |
| Piper | |
| PA31T-620 Cheyenne | 324 kts |
| PA42-720 Cheyenne IIIA | 350 kts |
| PA42-100 400LS | 527 kts |