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TAM/AIR’s
Epic Elite Jet Makes Picture-Perfect First Flight!
Bend, Oregon (June 7, 2007)—
TAM/AIR, a division of Epic Aircraft, announced a flawless
first flight of its new Elite, a single-pilot, twin-engine VLJ. This initial flight lasted more than
40 minutes and gave company test pilots Dave Morss and Len Fox the chance to explore
the aircraft’s control surfaces and low level performance capabilities.
“What an amazingly wonderful airplane!” said Epic CEO and President, Rick Schrameck.
“It’s not often when an airplane actually flies better than we’d expected, but the Elite is one
of those aircraft!”
The carbon fiber Elite is powered by two Williams Jet FJ-33-4 engines which deliver 3120
pounds of thrust. The new jet can reach FL410 in less than 17 minutes and boasts a
sizzling top speed of 410 KTAS. Its range at economy cruise is more than 1600 miles with
reserves and 1330 lbs. of usable payload after fuel. The state-of-the-art cockpit features
the all-glass Garmin G900X panels and the Elite will be RVSM compliant. True to design
for all Epic Aircraft, the Elite can take off with all the seats occupied, full fuel and luggage.
The Epic Elite is scheduled to fly into this year’s AirVenture at Oshkosh, making its first
formal public debut at 10:30am, Monday, July 23rd at AeroShell Square.
Надеюсь стало понятно что Elite и TAMAIRJet одно и тоже