After nearly two decades of ups and downs, Bend, Oregon-based Epic Aircraft is celebrating the biggest achievement of the company’s history–the certification of its E1000 single-engine turboprop.

Epic Aircraft announced Sunday that the production schedule for its E1000 single-engine turboprop has been extended into next year. Originally the airplane was projected to go on sale late this year.

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Epic will publish the final performance data for the E1000 following certification, but the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A-powered aircraft is projected to have a maximum cruise speed of around ...

The Epic E1000 could well be called Project Phoenix. Rising out of the ashes of Rick Schrameck’s failed Epic Air more than a decade ago, Epic Aircraft now is a financially healthy aircraft ...

Epic has just released the most recent iteration of the airplane, the E1000 AX, with a major avionics upgrade including Garmin's G1000 NXi suite and upped the useful load to an advertised (on its ...

Share this article! Bend-based Epic Aircraft plans to double its staff and transition into the certified airplane market. And Epic officials say its acquisition this week by a Russian company offers a ...

Epic Aircraft is displaying a cabin mock-up of its E1000 single-engined turboprop at the show, leaving the test fleet at its base in Bend, Oregon to complete certification testing.