EPIC
AIRCRAFT CEO RICK SCHRAMECK ON THE ELITE JET'S FIRST FLIGHT (AND ITS
FUTURE)
Epic Aircraft CEO Rick Schrameck was beaming last
week after announcing that his company's all-composite very light jet,
the Epic Elite Jet, achieved its first flight on Thursday morning.
Schrameck talks with AVweb Editor-in-Chief Chad Trautvetter about
the first flight of the twinjet, as well as other developments at the
Bend, Oregon aircraft manufacturer.
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AOPA'S
RANDY KENAGY ON AIRBORNE GPS
AOPA senior director of
strategic planning Randy Kenagy speaks with AVweb Editor-in-Chief
Chad Trautvetter about the recent flap over the FAA's inadvertent policy
changes that affected GPS use under instrument flight rules. He also
gives a glimpse into future GPS aeronautical requirements and offers
some advice for those currently looking to buy a new GPS box.
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A
FEW YEARS LATE, GLACIER GIRL RETURNS TO EUROPE
On June
22, a P-38 Lightning will leave Teterboro Airport in New Jersey to
finish a mission it started 65 years ago. For more than 60 years,
Glacier Girl (as the plane is now called) was buried under the
ice of Greenland after it and seven other aircraft were forced down in
bad weather while flying to England in 1942. Ed Shipley, a well-known
heritage flight air show pilot, will be flying chase in a P-51 and he
spoke with AVweb's Russ Niles about what this flight means, not
only for the heritage of this particular aircraft, but for fighting
forces all over the world.
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