Aircraft
Epic CEO Sees Turboprop Deliveries by Year-end
Despite setbacks and slowdowns, Epic CEO sees light at the end of the Part 23 certification tunnel for his Epic 1000 turboprop.
Epic CEO Doug King expects the Epic 1000, a version of the kit-built LT, to achieve FAA certification by year-end. (Photo: Amy Laboda)
Epic CEO Doug King expects the Epic 1000, a version of the kit-built LT, to achieve FAA certification by year-end. (Photo: Amy Laboda)

The Epic 1000, a carbon-fiber turboprop single being produced in Bend, Ore., is getting closer to certification. “We should finish and see certification by the end of 2016,” Epic CEO Aircraft Doug King told AIN yesterday at Sun ’n’ Fun 2016. “The conforming flight-test aircraft is flying beautifully, and that’s what we need right now.”